[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1298 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1298

 To provide for professional liability insurance coverage for Federal 
                   employees, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 29, 1999

  Mr. Warner introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for professional liability insurance coverage for Federal 
                   employees, 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. PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employees 
Equity Act of 1999''.
    (b) In General.--Section 636(a) of the Treasury, Postal Service, 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208; 
110 Stat. 3009-363; 5 U.S.C. prec. 5941 note) is amended in the first 
sentence by striking ``may'' and inserting ``shall''.
    (c) Law Enforcement Officers.--Section 636(c)(2) of the Treasury, 
Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public 
Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-364; 5 U.S.C. prec. 5941 note) is amended 
to read as follows:
            ``(2) the term `law enforcement officer' means an employee, 
        the duties of whose position are primarily the investigation, 
        apprehension, prosecution, or detention of individuals 
        suspected or convicted of offenses against the criminal laws of 
        the United States, including--
                    ``(A) any law enforcement officer under section 
                8331(20) or 8401(17) of title 5, United States Code;
                    ``(B) any special agent under section 206 of the 
                Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 
                1986 (22 U.S.C. 4823);
                    ``(C) any customs officer as defined under section 
                5(e)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 
                267);
                    ``(D) any revenue officer or revenue agent of the 
                Internal Revenue Service; or
                    ``(E) any Assistant United States Attorney 
                appointed under section 542 of title 28, United States 
                Code.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect on the later of--
            (1) October 1, 1999; or
            (2) the date of enactment of this Act.
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