Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Passed Senate
Summary
Expands Public Safety Officers' Death Benefits to cover retired law enforcement officers targeted because of their service. This bill would make a retired officer eligible for a benefit if death or permanent and total disability was the direct and proximate result of a targeted attack tied to their official law enforcement service.
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- Families and survivors: Survivors of retired officers could receive federal death benefits when the retired officer dies from a targeted attack or becomes permanently and totally disabled because of their past service. This opens the program to people who left active duty but remained at risk.
- Claims and timing: The change would apply retroactively to matters pending before the Bureau of Justice Assistance and to claims filed or accruing after enactment. An explicit exception makes the rule apply to actions taken on or after January 1, 2012.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Death and disability aid for retired officers
This bill would expand the federal Public Safety Officers' Benefits program to some retired law enforcement officers and their survivors. A retired officer would mean someone who left a public agency in good standing after serving as an officer, with or without pay. They would qualify only if death or permanent and total disability was the direct result of a targeted attack because of their service. If enacted, the change would take effect on the date of enactment and cover cases pending then or filed after. It would also apply to attacks on or after January 1, 2012.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
NV • D
Cosponsors
Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
KY • R
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
CT • D
Sponsored 4/30/2025
Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
IA • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
IL • D
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ]
AZ • D
Sponsored 5/20/2025
Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
DE • D
Sponsored 5/20/2025
Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
KS • R
Sponsored 6/3/2025
Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
NE • R
Sponsored 5/22/2025
Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
NH • D
Sponsored 6/10/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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