[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3298 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

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                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                         July 27, 2017.
    Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
3298) entitled ``An Act to authorize the Capitol Police Board to make 
payments from the United States Capitol Police Memorial Fund to 
employees of the United States Capitol Police who have sustained 
serious line-of-duty injuries, and for other purposes.'', do pass with 
the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
      following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wounded Officers Recovery Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. PAYMENTS FROM UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE MEMORIAL FUND FOR 
              EMPLOYEES KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY OR SUSTAINING 
              SERIOUS LINE-OF-DUTY INJURIES.

    (a) Authorizing Payments From Fund.--Section 2 of Public Law 105-
223 (2 U.S.C. 1952) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``and certain 
        other united states capitol police employees'' before the 
        period at the end;
            (2) by striking ``Subject to the regulations'' and 
        inserting ``(a) In General.--Except to the extent used or 
        reserved for use under subsection (b) and subject to the 
        regulations''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Payments for Employees Killed in the Line of Duty or 
Sustaining Serious Line-of-duty Injuries.--In addition to the amounts 
paid under subsection (a), and in accordance with the regulations 
issued under section 4(b), amounts in the Fund may be paid to--
            ``(1) families of employees of the United States Capitol 
        Police who were killed in the line of duty; or
            ``(2) employees of the United States Capitol Police who 
        have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries.''.
    (b) Regulations of Capitol Police Board.--Section 4 of Public Law 
105-223 (2 U.S.C. 1954) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Capitol Police Board'' and inserting 
        ``(a) In General.--The Capitol Police Board''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Regulations Governing Payments for Employees Killed in the 
Line of Duty or Sustaining Serious Line-of-duty Injuries.--In carrying 
out subsection (a), the Capitol Police Board shall issue specific 
regulations governing the use of the Fund for making payments to 
families of employees of the United States Capitol Police who were 
killed in the line of duty and employees of the United States Capitol 
Police who have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries (as authorized 
under section 2(b)), including regulations--
            ``(1) establishing the conditions under which the family of 
        an employee or an employee is eligible to receive such a 
        payment;
            ``(2) providing for the amount, timing, and manner of such 
        payments; and
            ``(3) ensuring that any such payment is in addition to, and 
        does not otherwise affect, any other form of compensation 
        payable to the family of an employee or the employee, including 
        benefits for workers' compensation under chapter 81 of title 5, 
        United States Code.''.
    (c) Treatment of Amounts Received in Response to Incident of June 
14, 2017.--The second sentence of section 1 of Public Law 105-223 (2 
U.S.C. 1951) is amended by striking ``deposit into the Fund'' and 
inserting ``deposit into the Fund, including amounts received in 
response to the shooting incident at the practice for the Congressional 
Baseball Game for Charity on June 14, 2017,''.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H.R. 3298

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