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Statement by the President regarding the signing of H.R. 366 - the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Act of 1976 [Ford Speech or Statement]
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Statement by the President regarding the signing of H.R. 366 - the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Act of 1976 [Ford Speech or Statement]
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Digitized from Box 31 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 29, 1976
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
I have today signed into law H.R. 366, the Public
Safety Officers' Benefits Act of 1976.
This law establishes a new program providing for the
payment by the Federal government of a $50,000 death benefit
to the survivors of any State or local public safety officer
who loses her or his life as a result of injuries sustained
in the line of duty.
I fully recognize that no amount of money can fill the
void left when these brave officers make the supreme sacrifice
in pursuit of their duties. The least the Federal government
can do is to assure that their dependents have adequate
financial assistance to see them through their difficulties.
The signing into law of this bill is a solemn action
by a grateful people and their government. It demonstrates
the esteem of a free society for those of its members entrusted
with public safety.
While it is important that the survivors of public safety
officers who die in the line of duty be provided for, it is
infinitely more important that steps be taken to avoid
unnecessary death or injury to those who protect our safety.
This is why I have pledged that a top priority during the first
100 days of my next Administration will be devoted to rallying
the American people behind the legislative proposals I have
submitted to the Congress so that the Federal government may
better do its part to reduce crime in the United States.
It is with great pride and pleasure that I have signed
this act into law.
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