[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1960 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1960

    To provide benefits to public safety officers who die or become 
               disabled as a result of certain injuries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 2003

   Mr. Baca introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide benefits to public safety officers who die or become 
               disabled as a result of certain injuries.

    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 ``Public Safety Officer Protection Act 
of 2003''.

SEC. 2. BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN INJURIES.

    Subpart 1 of part L of the title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act (42 U.S.C. 3796 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:

``SEC. 1206. BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN INJURIES.

    ``Notwithstanding the rules and regulations issued pursuant to this 
subpart, if a public safety officer develops cancer and either dies or 
becomes permanently and totally disabled as a result of the cancer, 
such officer's death or disability shall be presumed to be the direct 
and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of 
duty. An officer described in the preceding sentence or such officer's 
family, as the case may be, shall be eligible for benefits under this 
subpart''.
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