Civil Air Patrol Homeland Security Benefits Act of 2005

The Civil Air Patrol Homeland Security Benefits Act of 2005 (S. 649) proposes to expand federal death benefits to include volunteer members of the Civil Air Patrol. Under this bill, these volunteers would be classified as "public safety officers" if they are killed while performing or traveling to official missions authorized by the Department of the Air Force. This change would ensure that the families of these civilian volunteers receive the same financial survivor benefits currently provided to the families of police officers and firefighters who die in the line of duty.