[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 131, 115th Congress, 1st Session]
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Public Law 115-45
115th Congress

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. <>

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 ``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

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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,''.

Approved August 4, 2017.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3298:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017):
July 24, considered and passed House.
July 27, considered and passed Senate, amended. House
concurred in Senate amendment.