Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act of 2025
What does the Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act of 2025 do?
S 911 is a Senate bill sponsored by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV). The Public Safety Officers' Benefits program, run by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Assistance, pays a $250,000 line-of-duty death benefit (adjusted each year for inflation) and matching disability benefit to the families of police, firefighters, and other public safety officers killed or permanently disabled on the job. This bill extends the same benefit to retired law enforcement officers who die or become permanently and totally disabled as a direct and proximate result of a targeted attack because of their prior service as an officer. Adds retired law enforcement officers targeted for their prior service to the federal Public Safety Officers' Benefits program, with claims applying retroactively to attacks on or after January 1, 2012.
Did S 911 pass? Where it stands
As of July 20, 2026, S 911 has passed the Senate.
Status: Passed Senate
Latest vote: Senate Passed by unanimous consent on July 29, 2025
Outlook: Likely
Key provisions
- What the Program Pays
- $250,000 death benefit, adjusted each October for inflation
- Same amount payable for permanent and total disability
- Interim benefit up to $6,000 while a claim is pending
- New Eligibility for Retired Officers
- Covers officers who separated in good standing as a law enforcement officer
- Trigger: death or permanent total disability from a targeted attack
- Attack must be because of the officer's prior law enforcement service
- Retroactive Window
- Applies to any qualifying attack on or after January 1, 2012
- Also covers claims pending before the Bureau of Justice Assistance
- Takes effect on the date of enactment
Last updated July 20, 2026