[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1727 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1727

  To amend the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 to provide for consistent 
treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the 
                             line of duty.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 3, 2001

 Mr. Ramstad introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 to provide for consistent 
treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the 
                             line of duty.

    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 ``Fallen Hero Survivor Benefit 
Fairness Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. CONSISTENT TREATMENT OF SURVIVOR BENEFITS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY 
              OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

    Subsection (b) of section 1528 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 
(Public Law 105-34) is amended by striking the period and inserting ``, 
and to amounts received after the date of the enactment of the Fallen 
Hero Survivor Benefit Fairness Act of 2001 with respect to individuals 
dying on or before December 31, 1996.''.
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