# 119-s-911: Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act of 2025

119-s-911, Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV); status passed_senate; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-911
- As of: 2026-11-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-911
- Congress: 119
- Title: Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act of 2025
- Status: passed_senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-10
- Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-11-01

## Summary

**This law extends Public Safety Officers' Death Benefits to certain retired law enforcement officers.** It makes retired officers eligible if death or permanent and total disability results from a targeted attack tied to their service, and it applies retroactively to actions on or after January 1, 2012. - Families: Survivors of eligible retired officers can seek PSOB benefits when the officer died as the direct result of a targeted attack connected to their official service. - Retirees with disabilities: A retired law enforcement officer who becomes permanently and totally disabled because of a targeted attack tied to their service can qualify for PSOB disability benefits. - Claims and timing: The change covers matters pending, filed, or accruing after enactment and actions against covered retirees dating back to January 1, 2012, which affects eligibility reviews by the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] (R-KY), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] (R-KS), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] (R-NE), 2025-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-06-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Help for retired officers after targeted attacks: benefit, high. If enacted, this would let certain retired law enforcement officers qualify for the federal Public Safety Officers' Benefits program. A retired officer who left service in good standing, paid or unpaid, would qualify if death or permanent and total disability was the direct result of a personal inj…

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- 119-sres-723: A resolution honoring the life of Dirk Arthur Kempthorne, former United States Senator for the State of Idaho.

## Sources
- [119-s-911 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/911)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-911 (as of 2026-11-01).