131 STAT. 956 PUBLIC LAW 115–45—AUG. 4, 2017 

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-OFDUTY 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 

2 USC 1901 note. 

Wounded Officers 

Recovery Act of 

2017. 

Aug. 4, 2017 

[H.R. 3298] 

PUBLIC LAW 115–45—AUG. 4, 2017 131 STAT. 957 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3298: 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017): 

July 24, considered and passed House. 

July 27, considered and passed Senate, amended. House concurred in Senate 

amendment. 

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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.