    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 37 (Monday, September 17, 2001)]
    [Page 1309]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Memorandum on Benefits for Survivors of Public Safety Officers

    September 13, 2001

    Memorandum for the Attorney General

    Subject: Benefits for Survivors of Public Safety Officers

        I hereby direct you to implement procedures to streamline the
    application, approval, and payment process for claims for benefits under
    the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Act of 1976 by eligible survivors
    of firefighters, police officers, medical rescue personnel, and other
    public safety officers who died in the line of duty as a result of the
    terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
        I further direct that you work with Federal, State and local
    officials and deploy the resources of the relevant offices within the
    Department of Justice to provide immediate assistance to the survivors
    of those public safety officers who have sacrificed their lives for our
    communities and country.
                                                    George W. Bush