Bill Details
S.571 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced Date
2025-02-13
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Committees
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Sponsors
Cosponsors
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This bill would set a deadline for the Bureau to decide whether a person is eligible for certain benefits. After a claim is filed, the Bureau would have to tell the person its decision within 270 calendar days, which is about nine months. The goal is to make the process faster and prevent people from waiting too long for an answer.
- The new deadline would be added to an existing law that covers benefit claims under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.
- The 270-day clock would start when the Bureau receives the claim.
- The Bureau would have to notify the claimant of its eligibility decision, whether the person is approved or denied.
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Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 571 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 571
To require benefit eligibility determinations to be made within a
certain period of time.
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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
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A BILL
To require benefit eligibility determinations to be made within a
certain period of time.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Officer John Barnes Act''.
SEC. 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.''.
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