[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5375 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5375

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
            ensure public safety officers receive benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 12, 2002

Mr. Mica (for himself, Mr. Keller, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Stearns, 
 Mr. Bishop, and Ms. Brown of Florida) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
            ensure public safety officers receive benefits.

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

SECTION 1. LINE OF DUTY.

    Section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6) by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) `line of duty' means--
                    ``(A) any action which a public safety officer is 
                obligated or authorized by rule, regulation, condition 
                of employment or service, or law to perform, including 
                those social, ceremonial, or athletic functions to 
                which the officer is assigned, or for which the officer 
                is compensated, by the public agency he serves; and
                    ``(B) any action which an officer or public 
                employee, as described in subparagraph (A), performs 
                that occurs in a jurisdiction other than that of the 
                employing agency but would otherwise be recognized as 
                obligated or authorized by rule, regulation, condition 
                of employment or service, or law to perform if the 
                activity had taken place within the jurisdiction of the 
                employing agency.''.
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