[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2332 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2332

To expand benefits to the families of public safety officers who suffer 
   fatal climate-related injuries sustained in the line of duty and 
                    proximately resulting in death.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 14, 2014

Mr. Coons (for himself and Mr. Portman) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To expand benefits to the families of public safety officers who suffer 
   fatal climate-related injuries sustained in the line of duty and 
                    proximately resulting in death.

    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 ``Fairness for Fallen Officers Act of 
2014''.

SEC. 2. BENEFITS FOR FAMILIES OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS WHO SUFFER 
              FATAL CLIMATE-RELATED INJURIES.

    Section 1201 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (k)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``or vascular rupture'' and inserting 
                ``vascular rupture, or climate-related injury'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``exposure to 
                extreme environmental conditions,'' after ``disaster 
                relief,'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or vascular 
                rupture'' and inserting ``vascular rupture, or climate-
                related injury'';
                    (D) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or vascular 
                rupture'' and inserting ``vascular rupture, or climate-
                related injury''; and
                    (E) in the flush text following paragraph (3), by 
                striking ``or vascular rupture'' and inserting 
                ``vascular rupture, or climate-related injury''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (l) to read as follows:
    ``(l) For purposes of subsection (k)--
            ``(1) the term `climate-related injury' means an injury 
        that is caused by an environmental condition experienced by an 
        officer, including hypothermia, heatstroke, and hyperthermia; 
        and
            ``(2) the term `nonroutine stressful or strenuous physical' 
        excludes actions of a clerical, administrative, or nonmanual 
        nature.''.
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