paragraph (1), the United States Court of Federal 
Claims shall determine the date on which the origi-
nal claim was filed with the Bureau without regard 
to whether the Bureau has deemed the application 
that forms the basis of the original claim to be in-
complete and thus not constitute an official claim.’’. 
SEC. 4. TRANSPARENCY. 
Subpart 1 of part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796a), 
as amended by section 3, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1207. ANNUAL REPORT. 
‘‘Not later than 60 days after the last day of each 
fiscal year, the Bureau shall submit to Congress and pub-
lish publically on the website of the Bureau a report that 
includes— 
‘‘(1) the number of claims filed under this part 
during the fiscal year, broken down by— 
‘‘(A) the type of benefit sought, meaning 
death, disability, educational benefit, and any 
combination thereof; and 
‘‘(B) the type of public safety officer to 
which each claim pertains; 
‘‘(2) the number of claims filed that were 
granted during the fiscal year; 
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‘‘(3) the number of claims filed that were de-
nied during the fiscal year, broken down by the rea-
son for denial; and 
‘‘(4) the number of claims filed as of the last 
day of the fiscal year, broken down by— 
‘‘(A) the date on which each claim was 
filed; and 
‘‘(B) the reason why the Bureau has been 
unable to render a decision. 
The Attorney General shall make such report pub-
lically available over the Internet.’’. 
SEC. 5. EXTENDING PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER DEATH BENE-
FITS TO FIRE POLICE AND FIRE INVESTIGA-
TORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1204 of title I of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3796b) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through 
(9) as paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively; 
(2) in paragraph (11)(A), as so redesignated, 
by inserting ‘‘as a fire police officer, fire investi-
gator’’ after ‘‘firefighter,’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(5) ‘fire police officer’ includes an individual 
who— 
‘‘(A) is serving in accordance with State or 
local law as an officially recognized or des-
ignated member of a legally organized public 
safety agency; 
‘‘(B) is not a law enforcement officer, a 
firefighter, a chaplain, or a member of a rescue 
squad or ambulance crew described in para-
graph (10)(A); and 
‘‘(C) is officially authorized to provide 
scene security or direct traffic— 
‘‘(i) in response to any fire drill, fire 
call, or other fire, rescue, or police emer-
gency; or 
‘‘(ii) at a planned special event; 
‘‘(6) ‘fire investigator’ includes any individual 
who— 
‘‘(A) is serving in accordance with State or 
local law as an officially recognized or des-
ignated member of a legally organized public 
safety agency; and 
‘‘(B) is officially authorized to conduct, co-
ordinate and complete fire and explosion inves-
tigations;’’. 
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(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
Section 611(a) of the Uniting and Strengthening America 
by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and 
Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 3796c–1(a)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘section 1204(7)(B)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 1204(8)(B)’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 3796b(7)(B))’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 3796b(8)(B))’’. 
Æ 
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