[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H6512]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 WOUNDED OFFICERS RECOVERY ACT OF 2017

  Mr. HARPER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 3298) 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, with 
the Senate amendment thereto, and concur in the Senate amendment.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the Senate amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:
  Senate 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,''.

  Mr. HARPER (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
that the amendment be considered as read.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Mississippi?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the original request 
of the gentleman from Mississippi?
  There was no objection.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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