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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4404
To permit the payment of medical expenses incurred by the United States
Park Police in the performance of duty to be made directly by the
National Park Service, to allow for waiver and indemnification in mutual
law enforcement agreements between the National Park Service and
a State or political subdivision when required by State law, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 9, 2000
Mr. HANSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Government
Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned
A BILL
To permit the payment of medical expenses incurred by
the United States Park Police in the performance of
duty to be made directly by the National Park Service,
to allow for waiver and indemnification in mutual law
enforcement agreements between the National Park Serv-
ice and a State or political subdivision when required
by State law, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MEDICAL PAYMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (e) of the Policemen
and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act (39 Stat.
718, as amended by 71 Stat. 394) is amended by adding
at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Notwithstanding
the previous sentence, in the case of any member of the
United States Park Police, payment shall be made by the
National Park Service upon a certificate of the Chief,
United States Park Police, setting forth the necessity for
such services or treatment and the nature of the injury
or disease which rendered the same necessary.’’.
(b) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE REIMBURSEMENT.—
Section 6 of the Policemen and Firemen’s Retirement and
Disability Act Amendments of 1957 (71 Stat. 399) is
amended by inserting after the first sentence the following
new sentence: ‘‘Such sums are authorized to be appro-
priated to reimburse the National Park Service, on a
monthly basis, for medical benefit payments made from
funds appropriated to the National Park Service in the
case of any member of the United States Park Police.’’.
SEC. 2. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 10(c) of the Act of August
18, 1970 (Public Law 91–383; 16 U.S.C. 1a–6(c)), is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(2);
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(3) waive, in any agreement pursuant to para-
graphs (1) and (2) with any State or political sub-
division thereof where State law requires such waiver
and indemnification, any and all claims against all
the other parties thereto and, subject to available
appropriations, indemnify and save harmless the
other parties to such agreement from all claims by
third parties for property damage or personal injury,
which may arise out of the State or political subdivi-
sion’s activities outside their respective jurisdictions
under such agreement; and’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (5) of
section 10(c) the Act of August 18, 1970 (Public Law 91–
383; 16 U.S.C. 1a–6(c)) (as redesignated by section 201),
is further amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(5) the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’;
and
(2) by moving the text flush and 2 ems to the
left.
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