[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8789 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8789 To require benefit eligibility determinations to be made within a certain period of time. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 18, 2024 Mr. Weber of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require benefit eligibility determinations to be made within a certain period of time. 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 Act''. SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION. Section 1205 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10285) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(f) Not later than 270 calendar days after receiving a claim filed under this subpart, the Bureau shall inform the claimant of the Bureau's determination as to the claimant's benefit eligibility.''. <all>