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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 571 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require benefit eligibility determinations to be made within a certain |
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| 6 | 6 | | period of time. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY13, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | RUZ(for himself, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. JUSTICE, and Mr. |
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| 11 | 11 | | L |
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| 12 | 12 | | ANKFORD) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re- |
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| 13 | 13 | | ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To require benefit eligibility determinations to be made |
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| 16 | 16 | | within a certain period of time. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Officer John Barnes 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Act’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Section 1205 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10285) is amend-8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | ed by adding at the end the following: 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •S 571 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | ‘‘(f) Not later than 270 calendar days after receiving 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | a claim filed under this subpart, the Bureau shall inform 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | the claimant of the Bureau’s determination as to the 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | claimant’s benefit eligibility.’’. 4 |
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