H.R. 483: Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-01-25 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-01-25 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2021

Plain summary

Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2021 This bill makes changes to benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program. The PSOB program provides death, disability, and education benefits to public safety officers and survivors of public safety officers who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty. Specifically, the bill modifies the program to (1) increase the death and disability benefit, (2) revise the date of determination for the amount of the death and disability benefit, and (3) increase the monthly education assistance benefit and otherwise revise the computation method for such benefit. The bill also directs the Government Accountability Office to examine and identify ways to improve access to benefits and the processing of claims under the program.

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Official text

Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] · 13 cosponsors

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Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] reported raising $2.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr483.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr483 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117