[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2709 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2709

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 clarify the definition of firefighter for the purposes of the Public 
                Safety Officers' Death Benefits Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 2019

   Mr. Courtney (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, and Mr. 
  Pascrell) 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 
 clarify the definition of firefighter for the purposes of 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 ``Fire Police Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS' 
              DEATH BENEFITS PROGRAM.

    Section 1204(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10284) is amended by inserting ``, 
including an individual who, in the capacity of the individual as such 
a member, engages in scene security or traffic management as the 
primary or only duty of the individual during emergency response'' 
before the semicolon.
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