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[H.R. 3565 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3565

                       One Hundred Fifth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-
                                  eight


                                 An Act


 
  To amend Part L of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
                                  1968.

    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 ``Care for Police Survivors Act of 
1998''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS' DEATH BENEFITS.

    (a) National Programs for Families of Public Safety Officers Who 
Have Died in the Line of Duty.--Section 1203 of Part L of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796a-1), is 
amended to read as follows: ``The Director is authorized to use no less 
than $150,000 of the funds appropriated for this part to maintain and 
enhance national peer support and counseling programs to assist 
families of public safety officers who have died in the line of 
duty.''.
    (b) Administrative Provision.--Section 1205 of Part L of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796c), 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Bureau is 
authorized to use appropriated funds to conduct appeals of public 
safety officers' death and disability claims.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.