[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4589 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4589

 For the relief of the Boyd family by clarifying the status of Joseph 
Samuel Boyd as a public safety officer for purposes of payment of death 
             benefits by the Bureau of Justice Assistance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 1998

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 For the relief of the Boyd family by clarifying the status of Joseph 
Samuel Boyd as a public safety officer for purposes of payment of death 
             benefits by the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. STATUS; LIMITATION.

    (a) Public Safety Officer Status.--For purposes of part L of title 
I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796 et seq.), Joseph Samuel Boyd, formerly of 26427 Waterford Circle, 
Lake Forest, California, is deemed to have been a public safety officer 
who died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury 
sustained in the line of duty.
    (b) Fee Limitation.--Notwithstanding any contract, no attorney or 
representative may receive more than 10 percent of a payment made as a 
result of subsection (a) for services rendered in connection with 
obtaining such payment. Any person who violates this section shall be 
guilty of an infraction and shall be subject to a fine in the amount 
provided in title 18, United States Code.
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