[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1572 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1572

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
       provide death benefits to retired public safety officers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 3, 1995

 Ms. Molinari introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
       provide death benefits to retired public safety officers.

    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 ``Irwin Rutman Retired Public Safety 
Officers Death Benefits Act''.

SEC. 2. DEATH BENEFITS.

    (a) Payments.--Section 1201 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by inserting after ``line of duty'' 
        the following: ``or a retired public safety officer has died as 
        the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained 
        while responding to a fire, rescue, or police emergency'';
            (2) in subsection (b) by inserting after ``line of duty'' 
        the following: ``or a retired public safety officer has become 
        permanently and totally disabled as the direct result of a 
        catastrophic injury sustained while responding to a fire, 
        rescue, or police emergency''; and
            (3) in subsections (c), (i), and (j) by inserting after 
        ``public safety officer'' every place it appears the following: 
        ``or a retired public safety officer''.
    (b) Limitations.--Section 1202 of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``the public safety 
        officer or by such officer's intention'' and inserting ``the 
        public safety officer or the retired public safety officer who 
        had the intention'';
            (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ``the public safety 
        officer'' and inserting ``the public safety officer or the 
        retired public safety officer''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3) by striking ``the public safety 
        officer'' and inserting ``the public safety officer or the 
        retired public safety officer''.
    (c) National Program.--Section 1203 of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended by inserting before the 
period ``or retired public safety officers who have died while 
responding to a fire, rescue, or police emergency''.
    (d) Definitions.--Section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (6);
            (2) by striking the period and inserting ``; and'' at the 
        end of paragraph (7); and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) `retired public safety officer' means a former public 
        safety officer, as defined in paragraph (7), who has served a 
        sufficient period of time in such capacity to become vested in 
        the retirement system of a public agency in which the officer 
        was employed and who retired from such agency in good 
        standing.''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to death or injuries occurring after the date of the 
enactment of this section.
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