Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 28 CFR Part 32 [Docket No.: OJP (OJP)-1333] RIN 1121-AA56 AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, Justice. ACTION: Final rule SUMMARY: The Bureau of Justice Assistance (“BJA”), Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice, published the proposed rule for the Public Safety Officers Benefits (“PSOB”) Program on July 26, 2005, 70 FR 43 , 078 . During the comment period, BJA received comments on its proposed rule from numerous parties. After further review of the proposed rule and very recent amendments to the underlying statute, and careful consideration and analysis of all comments, BJA made amendments that are incorporated into this final rule. DATES: Effective September 11, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hope Janke, Counsel to the Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance, at (202) 514-6278, or toll-free at 1 (888) 744-6513. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BJA published the proposed rule for the PSOB Program on July 26, 2005. During the comment period, BJA received comments on its proposed rule from a number of interested parties: National police and fire associations; municipal police, fire, and rescue departments; PSOB hearing officers; survivors of fallen public safety officers; and individual concerned citizens. Additionally, Members of Congress commented on the proposal. Many of the comments related to the provisions implementing the Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act of 2003 (“Hometown H…