I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4804 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow injured Federal law enforce-
ment officers to continue to serve their agencies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 16, 2018 
Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. KING of New York, and Mr. 
CAPUANO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow injured Fed-
eral law enforcement officers to continue to serve their 
agencies, 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 ‘‘Continuation on Active 
Service Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONTINUED SERVICE OF INJURED FEDERAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 33 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 3330f. Law enforcement officers; continued service 
after injury 
‘‘(a) An agency may waive any medical standards or 
physical requirements applicable to a position occupied by 
a law enforcement officer if the officer suffers a qualifying 
injury. 
‘‘(b) In carrying out subsection (a), the employing 
agency— 
‘‘(1) may utilize a medical review board as es-
tablished under the authority granted by this title; 
‘‘(2) may assign the officer duties that take the 
qualifying injury into account; 
‘‘(3) may not reduce the general schedule pay 
scale of the injured law enforcement officer who re-
turns to work full-time after the incidence of injury 
even if the duties are adjusted; and 
‘‘(4) shall take into account the health and 
safety of the officer and others. 
‘‘(c) Not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this section, the Office of Personnel Management 
shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section. 
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Such regulations shall provide consistent application of 
this section, to the greatest extent practicable, in each em-
ploying agency. 
‘‘(d) A law enforcement officer who receives a waiver 
under this section shall be subject to the retirement bene-
fits provisions under chapter 83 or 84 that would other-
wise apply to the officer had the officer not suffered a 
qualifying injury. 
‘‘(e) In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘law enforcement officer’ has the 
meaning given such term in sections 8331(20) and 
8401(17), and includes any member of the Capitol 
Police, the Supreme Court Police, or the United 
States Secret Service Uniformed Division; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘qualifying injury’ means an in-
jury— 
‘‘(A) that results in the officer being un-
able to meet the medical standards or physical 
requirements otherwise required to occupy the 
applicable law enforcement position; and 
‘‘(B) is not due to misconduct, willful neg-
ligence, or incurred during an unauthorized ab-
sence.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
of such chapter is amended by adding after the item relat-
ing to section 3330e the following new item: 
‘‘3330f. Law enforcement officers; continued service after injury.’’. 
(c) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION PERMISSIBLE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority provided by 
section 3330f of title 5, United States Code, as 
added by subsection (a), may be applied to any law 
enforcement officer who, before the date of enact-
ment of this Act, suffered a qualifying injury (as 
that term is defined in such section). 
(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—An agency head 
shall submit a report to Congress with respect to 
each instance that the authority provided in para-
graph (1) is exercised. 
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