Mychal Judge Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act of 2002
Last action on Jun 11, 2002Laid on the table. See S. 2431 for further action.
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Mychal Judge Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act of 2002 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include police and fire department chaplains killed in the line of duty among persons who qualify to receive public safety officer death benefits.
Provides that, if there is no surviving spouse or surviving child, any such benefits shall be paid to the person designated by such officer as beneficiary under that officer's most recently executed life insurance policy, provided that such person survived such officer. (Current law restricts such beneficiaries to the spouse, child, or parent.)
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