To revise administrative procedures relating to public safety officers' death benefits, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7718 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7718 To revise administrative procedures relating to public safety officers' death benefits, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 25, 2026 Mr. Weber of Texas (for himself and Mr. Min) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To revise administrative procedures relating to public safety officers' death benefits, and for other purposes. 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 and Chief Michael Ansbro Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program Expansion Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS. (a) In General.--Section 1205 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10285) is amended-- (1) in subsection (e)(2)(E), by inserting ``, including whether the delay is due to the inaction of the claimant or the failure to cooperate of an agency from which information is required'' after ``basis for delay''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(f) Notice and Interim Benefits.-- ``(1) Notice of missing information.--Not later than 90 calendar days after receiving a claim filed under this subpart, the Bureau shall notify the claimant or the relevant agency of any missing information required to process the claim. ``(2) Notice of determination.-- ``(A) In general.--Not later than 270 calendar days after receiving a complete claim, the Bureau shall inform the claimant of the Bureau's determination as to the claimant's benefit eligibility. ``(B) Interim benefits as notice.--Provis