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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1608 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 20, 2017 

Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. PAUL, Mr. DONNELLY, and Mr. MURPHY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wounded Officers Re5 covery Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PAYMENTS FROM UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE 

2 MEMORIAL FUND TO EMPLOYEES SUS3 TAINING SERIOUS LINE-OF-DUTY INJURIES. 

4 (a) AUTHORIZING PAYMENTS FROM FUND.—Section 

5 2 of Public Law 105–223 (2 U.S.C. 1952) is amended— 

6 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘AND

7 CERTAIN OTHER UNITED STATES CAPITOL PO8 LICE EMPLOYEES’’ before the period at the end; 

9 (2) by striking ‘‘Subject to the regulations’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except to the extent 

11 used or reserved for use under subsection (b) and 

12 subject to the regulations’’; and 

13 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub14 section: 

15 ‘‘(b) PAYMENTS FOR EMPLOYEES SUSTAINING SERI16 OUS LINE-OF-DUTY INJURIES.—In addition to the 

17 amounts paid under subsection (a), amounts in the Fund 

18 may be paid to employees of the United States Capitol 

19 Police who have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries, in 

20 accordance with the regulations issued under section 

21 4(b).’’. 

22 (b) REGULATIONS OF CAPITOL POLICE BOARD.— 

23 Section 4 of Public Law 105–223 (2 U.S.C. 1954) is 

24 amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘The Capitol Police Board’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Capitol Police 

3 Board’’; and 

4 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub5 section: 

6 ‘‘(b) REGULATIONS GOVERNING PAYMENTS TO EM7 PLOYEES SUSTAINING SERIOUS LINE-OF-DUTY INJU8 RIES.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Capitol Police 

9 Board shall issue specific regulations governing the use 

10 of the Fund for making payments to employees of the 

11 United States Capitol Police who have sustained serious 

12 line-of-duty injuries (as authorized under section 2(b)), in13 cluding regulations— 

14 ‘‘(1) establishing the conditions under which an 

15 employee is eligible to receive such a payment; 

16 ‘‘(2) providing for the amount, timing, and 

17 manner of such payments; and 

18 ‘‘(3) ensuring that any such payment is in addi19 tion to, and does not otherwise affect, any other 

20 form of compensation payable to the employee, in21 cluding benefits for workers’ compensation under 

22 chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code.’’. 

23 (c) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED IN RE24 SPONSE TO INCIDENT OF JUNE 14, 2017.—The second 

25 sentence of section 1 of Public Law 105–223 (2 U.S.C. 


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1 1951) is amended by striking ‘‘deposit into the Fund’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘deposit into the Fund, including amounts re3 ceived in response to the shooting incident at the practice 

4 for the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity on June 

5 14, 2017,’’. 

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