[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3298 Introduced in House (IH)]
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115th CONGRESS
1st Session
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 19, 2017
Mr. Barton (for himself, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr.
Loudermilk, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Duncan of South
Carolina, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr.
Walker, Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Thomas J. Rooney of Florida, Mr. Crawford,
Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Bishop of Michigan, Mr.
Conaway, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Posey, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr.
Lewis of Minnesota, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Womack,
Mr. Mullin, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Denham, Mr.
Swalwell of California, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Costello of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi,
Mr. LaHood, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Ross, Mr. Shimkus, Mr.
Wenstrup, Mr. Williams, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Richmond, Mr.
Gohmert, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Barragan, Mr.
Panetta, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Walz, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania,
Mr. Beyer, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr.
Kildee, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr.
Sires, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Capuano, Mr.
Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Hastings, Mr.
Scott of Virginia, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Ruiz, Ms.
Fudge, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms.
Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Lee,
Mrs. Demings, Mr. McEachin, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Danny K. Davis
of Illinois, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Payne, Mr.
Brown of Maryland, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Ellison,
Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Welch, Mr. Veasey, Mr.
Lynch, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Kihuen, Mr. Polis, and Ms. Eddie Bernice
Johnson of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on House Administration
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A BILL
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 TO
EMPLOYEES 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) by striking ``Subject to the regulations'' and
inserting ``(a) In General.--Subject to the regulations''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(b) Payments for Employees Sustaining Serious Line-of-Duty
Injuries.--In addition to the amounts paid under subsection (a),
amounts in the Fund may be paid to employees of the United States
Capitol Police who have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries, in
accordance with the regulations issued under section 4(b).''.
(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 to Employees 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 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 an employee
is eligible to receive such a payment;
``(2) establishing 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 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,''.
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