Public Safety Officers' Benefits Act-- Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and International Law of the Committee on The Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety -Third Congress, First Session, July 25 and 26, 1973   [open pdf - 38MB]

These are the July 25 and 26, 1973 hearings on "Public Safety Officers' Benefits Act-- Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights," held before the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and International Law of the Committee on The Judiciary. From the Opening Statement of Joshua Eilberg: "Today's hearings have been called to consider H.R. 12--Public Safety Officers' Benefits Act--introduced by the distinguished chairman of this committee; H.R. 163, introduced by Congressman Joh n W. Davis; and H.R. 4598, introduced by Congressman Mario Biaggi. Chairman Rodino's bill would provide a lump-sum gratuity of $50,000 to the surviving dependents of public safety officers who are killed in the line of duty." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Mario Biaggi, James M. Collins, Frank E. Denholm, William Jennings Bryan Dorn, Lawrence J. Hogan, James D. McKevitt, Williams Nichols, George M. O'Brien, and Wayne Owens.