[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1108 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1108

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 include court security officers in the public safety officers' death 
                           benefits program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 28, 2015

 Mr. Reid (for himself and Mr. Heller) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and 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 court security officers in the public safety officers' death 
                           benefits program.

    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 ``Stanley Cooper Death Benefits for 
Court Security Officers Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS' DEATH BENEFITS.

    Section 1204(9) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b(9)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ``; or'' and 
        inserting a semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) a court security officer who is under 
                contract with the United States Marshals Service.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each fiscal 
year to carry out the amendments made by this Act.

SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply to any injury sustained 
on or after January 1, 2010.
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