United States HR 1236: Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act of 2025

Bill Text

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119THCONGRESS 
1
STSESSION 
H. R. 1236 
To  amend  the  Omnibus  Crime  Control  and  Safe  Streets  Act  of  1968  to  
include  certain  retired  law  enforcement  officers  in  the  public  safety  offi-
cers’ death benefits program. 
IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  
FEBRUARY12, 2025 
Mr. B
ARR(for himself and Mr. GOLDMANof New York) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A  BILL  
To  amend  the  Omnibus  Crime  Control  and  Safe  Streets  
Act  of  1968  to  include  certain  retired  law  enforcement  
officers  in  the  public  safety  officers’  death  benefits  pro-
gram. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This  Act  may  be  cited  as  the  ‘‘Chief  Herbert  D.  4
Proffitt Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC.  2.  INCLUSION  OF  CERTAIN  RETIRED  PUBLIC  SAFETY  1
OFFICERS  IN  THE  PUBLIC  SAFETY  OFFICERS’  2
DEATH BENEFITS PROGRAM. 3
(a)  I
NGENERAL.—Section  1201  of  the  Omnibus  4
Crime  Control  and  Safe  Streets  Act  of  1968  (34  U.S.C.  5
10281)  is  amended  by  adding  at  the  end  the  following:  6
‘‘(p) P
ERSONALINJURY TORETIREDLAWENFORCE-7
MENTOFFICER.— 8
‘‘(1)  I
N  GENERAL.—A  retired  law  enforcement  9
officer  shall  be  eligible  for  a  benefit  under  this  part  10
if  the  officer  died  or  become  permanently  and  totally  11
disabled  as  the  direct  and  proximate  result  of  a  per-12
sonal  injury  resulting  from  a  targeted  attack  be-13
cause  of  the  retired  law  enforcement  officer’s  service  14
as a law enforcement officer. 15
‘‘(2)   R
ETIRED    LAW    ENFORCEMENT    OFFICER 16
DEFINED.—In  this  subsection,  the  term  ‘retired  law  17
enforcement  officer’  means  an  individual  who  sepa-18
rated  from  service,  in  good  standing,  as  a  law  en-19
forcement  officer,  in  an  official  capacity  at  a  public  20
agency, with or without compensation.’’. 21
(b) R
ETROACTIVEAPPLICABILITY.— 22
(1)  I
N  GENERAL.—Except  as  provided  in  para-23
graph  (2),  the  amendments  made  by  this  section  24
shall— 25
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(A)  take  effect  on  the  date  of  enactment  of  1
this Act; and 2
(B)  apply  to  any  matter  pending,  before  3
the  Bureau  of  Justice  Assistance  or  otherwise,  4
on  the  date  of  enactment  of  this  Act,  or  filed  5
(consistent  with  pre-existing  effective  dates)  or  6
accruing after that date. 7
(2)  E
XCEPTIONS.—The  amendments  made  by  8
this  section  shall  apply  to  any  action  taken  against  9
a  retired  law  enforcement  officer  described  in  section  10
1201(p)  of  the  Omnibus  Crime  Control  and  Safe  11
Streets  Act  of  1968  (as  added  by  this  Act)  that  oc-12
curred on or after August 28, 2012. 13
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