Officer John Barnes Act

Bill: 119-s-571
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2025-02-13
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Law enforcement officers
Latest action: action_date: 2025-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 571 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 13, 2025 Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Cassidy , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Justice , and Mr. Lankford ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require benefit eligibility determinations to be made within a certain period of time.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Officer John Barnes Act . 2. Eligibility determination Section 1205 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10285 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (f) Not later than 270 calendar days after receiving a claim filed under this subpart, the Bureau shall inform the claimant of the Bureau’s determination as to the claimant’s benefit eligibility. .