[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3297 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 222
107th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3297
[Report No. 107-384]
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
ensure that chaplains killed in the line of duty receive public safety
officer death benefits.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 15, 2001
Mr. Manzullo (for himself and Mr. Nadler) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
April 9, 2002
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
ensure that chaplains killed in the line of duty receive public safety
officer death benefits.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Mychal Judge Police and
Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act of 2001''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. BENEFITS FOR CHAPLAINS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--Section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (7) as
(3) through (8), respectively;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) `chaplain' means any individual serving as
an officially recognized or designated member of a legally
organized volunteer fire department or legally organized police
department, or an officially recognized or designated public
employee of a legally organized fire or police department who
was responding to a fire, rescue, or police emergency;'';
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (8), as
redesignated by paragraph (1), by inserting after
``firefighter,'' the following: ``as a chaplain,''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Eligible Beneficiaries.--Section 1201(a) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 3796(a)) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or'' at the
end;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph
(5); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following
new paragraph:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(4) if there is no surviving spouse or surviving
child, to the person designated by such officer as beneficiary
under such officer's most recently executed life insurance
policy, provided that such person survived such officer;
or''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect on September 11, 2001, and shall apply to injuries or
deaths that occur in the line of duty on or after such date.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mychal Judge Police and Fire
Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. BENEFITS FOR CHAPLAINS.
(a) In General.--Section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (7) as (3)
through (8), respectively;
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) `chaplain' means any individual serving as an
officially recognized or designated member of a legally
organized volunteer fire department or legally organized police
department, or an officially recognized or designated public
employee of a legally organized fire or police department who
was responding to a fire, rescue, or police emergency;''; and
(3) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (8), as redesignated
by paragraph (1), by inserting after ``firefighter,'' the
following: ``as a chaplain,''.
(b) Eligible Beneficiaries.--Section 1201(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
3796(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new
paragraph:
``(4) if there is no surviving spouse or surviving child,
to the individual designated by such officer as beneficiary
under such officer's most recently executed life insurance
policy, provided that such individual survived such officer;
or''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on September 11, 2001, and shall apply to injuries or deaths
that occur in the line of duty on or after such date.
Calendar No. 222
107th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3297
[Report No. 107-384]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
ensure that chaplains killed in the line of duty receive public safety
officer death benefits.
_______________________________________________________________________
April 9, 2002
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed