[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4404 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4404

To permit the payment of medical expenses incurred by the United States 
   Park Police in the performance of duty to be made directly by the 
   National Park Service, to allow for waiver and indemnification in 
mutual law enforcement agreements between the National Park Service and 
 a State or political subdivision when required by State law, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 2000

  Mr. Hansen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Government 
 Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To permit the payment of medical expenses incurred by the United States 
   Park Police in the performance of duty to be made directly by the 
   National Park Service, to allow for waiver and indemnification in 
mutual law enforcement agreements between the National Park Service and 
 a State or political subdivision when required by State law, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. MEDICAL PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (e) of the Policemen and Firemen's 
Retirement and Disability Act (39 Stat. 718, as amended by 71 Stat. 
394) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
``Notwithstanding the previous sentence, in the case of any member of 
the United States Park Police, payment shall be made by the National 
Park Service upon a certificate of the Chief, United States Park 
Police, setting forth the necessity for such services or treatment and 
the nature of the injury or disease which rendered the same 
necessary.''.
    (b) National Park Service Reimbursement.--Section 6 of the 
Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act Amendments of 
1957 (71 Stat. 399) is amended by inserting after the first sentence 
the following new sentence: ``Such sums are authorized to be 
appropriated to reimburse the National Park Service, on a monthly 
basis, for medical benefit payments made from funds appropriated to the 
National Park Service in the case of any member of the United States 
Park Police.''.

SEC. 2. INDEMNIFICATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 10(c) of the Act of August 18, 1970 
(Public Law 91-383; 16 U.S.C. 1a-6(c)), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2);
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
        (4) and (5), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) waive, in any agreement pursuant to paragraphs (1) 
        and (2) with any State or political subdivision thereof where 
        State law requires such waiver and indemnification, any and all 
        claims against all the other parties thereto and, subject to 
        available appropriations, indemnify and save harmless the other 
        parties to such agreement from all claims by third parties for 
        property damage or personal injury, which may arise out of the 
        State or political subdivision's activities outside their 
        respective jurisdictions under such agreement; and''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Paragraph (5) of section 10(c) the Act of 
August 18, 1970 (Public Law 91-383; 16 U.S.C. 1a-6(c)) (as redesignated 
by section 201), is further amended--
            (1) by striking ``(5) the'' and inserting ``The''; and
            (2) by moving the text flush and 2 ems to the left.
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