[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2912 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2912

 To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 to require a 33 percent reduction in certain assistance to a State 
 under such title unless public safety officers who retire as a result 
 of injuries sustained in the line of duty continue to receive health 
                          insurance benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 1996

Mr. Deutsch (for himself, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Heineman, Mr. Lipinski, and 
  Mr. Frost) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 to require a 33 percent reduction in certain assistance to a State 
 under such title unless public safety officers who retire as a result 
 of injuries sustained in the line of duty continue to receive health 
                          insurance benefits.

    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 ``Alu-O'Hara Public Safety Officers 
Health Benefits Act''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS.

    Part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 1204A. PROTECTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS.

    ``A grant made under this title that would otherwise be made 
available to a State shall be reduced by 33 percent unless a public 
safety officer who retires or is separated from service due to an 
injury suffered as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury 
sustained in the line of duty (during an emergency situation, the 
investigation of a criminal act, or a hot pursuit as such terms are 
defined by State law) continues after such injury to receive the same 
or better level of health insurance benefits that are paid at the time 
of such injuries by the State or unit of local government within the 
State that employed such officer.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by this Act shall take effect beginning on 
October 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after the last day of the 
2-year period beginning on the date on the enactment of this Act.
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