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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1257

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to

provide death benefits to retired public safety officers.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 20 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

Mr. D’AMATO introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets

Act of 1968 to provide death benefits to retired public

safety officers.

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 ‘‘Irwin Rutman Retired

5 Public Safety Officers Death Benefits Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. DEATH BENEFITS.

7 (a) PAYMENTS.—Section 1201 of title I of the Omni8 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amend9 ed—
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1 (1) in subsection (a) by inserting after ‘‘line of

2 duty’’ the following ‘‘or a retired public safety officer

3 has died as the direct and proximate result of a per4 sonal injury sustained while responding to a fire,

5 rescue, or police emergency’’;

6 (2) in subsection (b) by inserting after ‘‘line of

7 duty’’ the following: ‘‘or a retired public safety offi8 cer has become permanently and totally disabled as

9 the direct result of a catastrophic injury sustained

10 while responding to a fire, rescue, or police emer11 gency’’; and

12 (3) in subsections (c), (i), and (j) by inserting

13 after ‘‘public safety officer’’ every place it appears

14 the following: ‘‘or a retired public safety officer’’.

15 (b) LIMITATIONS.—Section 1202 of title I of the Om16 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is

17 amended—

18 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘the public

19 safety officer or by such officer’s intention’’ and in20 serting ‘‘the public safety officer or the retired pub21 lic safety officer who had the intention’’;

22 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘the public

23 safety officer’’ and inserting ‘‘the public safety offi24 cer or the retired public safety officer’’; and
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1 (3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘the public

2 safety officer’’ and inserting ‘‘the public safety offi3 cer or the retired public safety officer’’.

4 (c) NATIONAL PROGRAM.—Section 1203 of title I of

5 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968

6 is amended by inserting before the period ‘‘or retired pub7 lic safety officers who have died while responding to a fire,

8 rescue, or police emergency’’.

9 (d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1204 of the Omnibus

10 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended—

11 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

12 (6);

13 (2) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’

14 at the end of paragraph (7); and

15 (3) by adding at the end the following:

16 ‘‘(8) ‘retired public safety officer’ means a

17 former public safety officer, as defined in paragraph

18 (7), who has served a sufficient period of time in

19 such capacity to become vested in the retirement

20 system of a public agency in which the officer was

21 employed and who retired from such agency in good

22 standing.’’.

23 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

24 this section shall apply with respect to death or injuries

25 occurring after the date of the enactment of this section.
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