[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1984 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1984

 To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 to require a 10 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 24, 1996

  Mr. Graham (for himself and Mr. Moynihan) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and 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 10 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 part Q of this title that would otherwise be 
made available to a State shall be reduced by 10 percent unless a 
public safety officer who 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, 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 separation 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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