[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2034 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2034

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 include fire police officers in the list of officers who are eligible 
              for public safety officers' death benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 26, 2011

 Mr. Gerlach 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 
 include fire police officers in the list of officers who are eligible 
              for public safety officers' death benefits.

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

SECTION 1. PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER DEATH BENEFITS FOR FIRE POLICE 
              OFFICERS.

    Section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (9) as 
        paragraphs (6) through (10), respectively;
            (2) in paragraph (10)(A) (as so redesignated by paragraph 
        (1) of this section), by inserting ``as a fire police 
        officer,'' after ``firefighter,''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(5) `fire police officer' means an officially recognized 
        or designated member of a volunteer fire police association or 
        squad who is legally authorized by a State or local government 
        to assist in event crowd control, scene control in emergencies, 
        traffic control in emergencies, and missing person searches;''.
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