shall furnish the information to the State and 
Local Board. 
(3) INFORMATION TO BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL.— 
The State and Local Board shall not disclose any in-
formation which may compromise an ongoing law en-
forcement investigation or is otherwise required by 
law to be kept confidential. 
(f) COMPENSATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), each State and Local Board member shall 
be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV 
of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 
5, United States Code, for each day (including travel 
time) during which such State and Local Board 
member is engaged in the performance of the duties 
of the State and Local Board. 
(2) PROHIBITION OF COMPENSATION FOR GOV-
ERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—State and Local Board mem-
bers who serve as officers or employees of the Federal 
Government or a State or a local government may 
not receive additional pay, allowances, or benefits by 
reason of their service on the State and Local Board. 
(3) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each State and Local 
Board member shall receive travel expenses, including 
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per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with 
applicable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 
57 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 204. PRESENTATION OF STATE AND LOCAL LAW EN-
FORCEMENT BADGES. 
(a) PRESENTATION BY MEMBER OF CONGRESS.—A 
Member of Congress may present a State and Local Law 
Enforcement Badge to any State and Local Law Enforce-
ment Badge recipient who resides in such Member’s congres-
sional district. If both a Senator and Representative choose 
to present a State and Local Law Enforcement Badge, such 
Senator and Representative shall make a joint presentation. 
(b) PRESENTATION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—If no 
Member of Congress chooses to present the State and Local 
Law Enforcement Badge as described in subsection (a), the 
Attorney General, or a designee of the Attorney General, 
shall present such State and Local Law Enforcement 
Badge. 
(c) PRESENTATION ARRANGEMENTS.—The office of the 
Member of Congress presenting each State and Local Law 
Enforcement Badge may make arrangements for the presen-
tation of such State and Local Law Enforcement Badge, 
and if a Senator and Representative choose to participate 
jointly as described in subsection (a), the Members shall 
make joint arrangements. The State and Local Board shall 
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facilitate any such presentation arrangements as requested 
by the congressional office presenting the State and Local 
Law Enforcement Badge and shall make arrangements in 
cases not undertaken by Members of Congress. 
TITLE III—CONGRESSIONAL 
BADGE OF BRAVERY OFFICE 
SEC. 301. CONGRESSIONAL BADGE OF BRAVERY OFFICE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within the 
Department of Justice a Congressional Badge of Bravery 
Office. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Office shall— 
(1) receive nominations from Federal agency 
heads on behalf of the Federal Board and deliver such 
nominations to the Federal Board at Federal Board 
meetings described in section 103(d)(2); 
(2) receive nominations from State or local agen-
cy heads on behalf of the State and Local Board and 
deliver such nominations to the State and Local 
Board at State and Local Board meetings described 
in section 203(d)(2); and 
(3) provide staff support to the Federal Board 
and the State and Local Board to carry out the du-
ties described in section 103(b) and section 203(b), re-
spectively. 
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Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to establish 
an awards mechanism to honor exceptional acts of brav-
ery in the line of duty by Federal, State, and local law 
enforcement officers.’’. 
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Calendar No. 905 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4056 
AN ACT 
To establish an awards mechanism to honor Fed-
eral law enforcement officers injured in the line 
of duty. 
JULY 28, 2008 
Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the 
title 
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