,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bidd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ah1 #bjaf
 ,mr4 ,grassley 7for himself and ,mrs4  
,gillibrand7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require adequate reporting  
on the ,public ,safety ,officers'       
,benefit program1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,public ,safety     
,officers' ,benefits ,improvement ,act  
of #bjaf4  #b4 ,reports ,section #abje  
of title ,i of the ,omnibus ,crime      
,control and ,safe ,streets ,act of     
#aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cgif;c7 is        
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by   
inserting ,rules1 regulations1 and      
procedures issued under this part may   
include regulations based on standards  
developed by another ,federal agency for
 programs related to public safety      
officer death or disability claims4     
after before the ,bureau42  7#b7 in     

subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 by inserting 7#a7 
before ,in making2 and  7,b7 by adding  
at the end the following3  7#b7 ,in     
making a determination under section    
#abja1 the ,bureau shall give           
substantial weight to the evidence and  
all findings of fact presented by a     
,state1 local1 or ,federal              
administrative or investigative agency  
regarding eligibility for death or      
disability benefits4  2 and  7#c7 by    
adding at the end the following3  7e7   
7#a7 7,a7 ,not later than #cj days after
 the date of enactment of this          
subsection1 the ,bureau shall make      
available on the public website of the  
,bureau information on all death1       
disability1 and educational assistance  
claims submitted under this part that   
are pending as of the date on which the 
information is made available4  7,b7    
,not less frequently than once per week1
 the ,bureau shall make available on the
 public website of the ,bureau updated  
information with respect to all death1  

disability1 and educational assistance  
claims submitted under this part that   
are pending as of the date on which the 
information is made available4  7,c7    
,the information made available under   
this paragraph shall include-- 7i7 for  
each pending claim--  7,i7 the date on  
which the claim was submitted to the    
,bureau2  7,,ii7 the ,state of residence
 of the claimant2  7,,iii7 an           
anonymized1 identifying claim number2   
and  7,,iv7 the nature of the claim2 and
  7ii7 the total number of pending      
claims that were submitted to the       
,bureau more than #a year before the    
date on which the information is made   
available4  7#b7 7,a7 ,not later than   
#ahj days after the date of enactment of
 this subsection1 and every #ahj days   
thereafter1 the ,bureau shall submit to 
,congress a report on the death1        
disability1 and educational assistance  
claims submitted under this part during 
the #ahj-;day period preceding the      
report4  7,b7 ,each report submitted    

under subparagraph 7,a7 shall include   
information on-- 7i7 the total number of
 claims1 and the nature of each claim1  
submitted to the ,bureau2  7ii7 the     
number of claims for which a final      
determination has been made2  7iii7 the 
number of claims for which a final      
determination has not been reached and  
the basis for the delay2  7iv7 the      
amount of time required to process each 
claim for which a final determination   
has been made and1 for any claim which  
could not be processed within #a year of
 being submitted to the ,bureau1 the    
basis for any delay2  7v7 the number of 
claims submitted that are related to    
exposure due to the ,september #aath1   
#bjja1 terrorism attacks and the average
 award amount for any such claims for   
which a final determination has been    
made2  7vi7 the result of each claim1   
including the number of claims rejected 
and the basis for any denial of         
benefits2  7vii7 the number of claims   
that were appealed2  7viii7 the number  

of claims processed per reviewer of the 
,bureau2 and  7ix7 the average amount of
 time each agency takes to submit all   
required information and documents to   
the ,bureau4  7#c7 ,in this subsection1 
the term nature of the claim means      
whether the claim is a claim for-- 7,a7 
benefits under this subpart with respect
 to the death of a public safety        
officer2  7,b7 benefits under this      
subpart with respect to the disability  
of a public safety officer2 or  7,c7    
education assistance under subpart #b4  
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