I 
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. 
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. WIL-
SON 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. PAUL-
SEN, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. ROSS, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. WIL-
LIAMS, Mr. YODER, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. 
RYAN of Ohio, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. PANETTA, 
Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. WALZ, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. BEYER, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. PERL-
MUTTER, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. BRADY of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. SIRES, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. NOR-
CROSS, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. CAR-
SON 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 Illi-
nois, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
BROWN of Maryland, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. 
ELLISON, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, 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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wounded Officers Re-
covery Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. PAYMENTS FROM UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE 
MEMORIAL 
FUND 
TO 
EMPLOYEES 
SUS-
TAINING 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 regula-
tions’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) PAYMENTS FOR EMPLOYEES SUSTAINING SERI-
OUS
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 
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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 sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS GOVERNING PAYMENTS TO EM-
PLOYEES SUSTAINING SERIOUS LINE-OF-DUTY INJU-
RIES.—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)), in-
cluding regulations— 
‘‘(1) establishing the conditions under which an 
employee is eligible to receive such a payment; 
‘‘(2) establishing the amount, timing, and man-
ner of such payments; and 
‘‘(3) ensuring that any such payment is in addi-
tion to, and does not otherwise affect, any other 
form of compensation payable to the employee, in-
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