I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2936 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with 
respect to payments to certain public safety officers who have become 
permanently and totally disabled as a result of personal injuries sustained 
in the line of duty, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 30, 2021 
Mr. PASCRELL
(for himself, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Ms. 
BROWNLEY, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. BACON, Mr. 
MULLIN, and Mr. GARBARINO) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 with respect to payments to certain public 
safety officers who have become permanently and totally 
disabled as a result of personal injuries sustained in 
the line of duty, 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 ‘‘Protecting America’s 
First Responders Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF DEATH AND DISABILITY BENEFITS 
UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ DEATH 
BENEFITS PROGRAM. 
Section 1201 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10281) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the Bureau 
shall pay a benefit of $250,000, adjusted in accord-
ance with subsection (h)’’ and inserting ‘‘a benefit of 
$250,000, adjusted in accordance with subsection 
(h), and calculated in accordance with subsection (i), 
shall be payable by the Bureau’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Bureau shall pay the 
same benefit’’ and inserting ‘‘a benefit shall be 
payable’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘that is payable under sub-
section (a) with respect to the date on which 
the catastrophic injury occurred,’’ and inserting 
‘‘in the same amount that would be payable, as 
of the date such injury was sustained (includ-
ing’’; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘, and calculated in ac-
cordance with subsection (i)), if such deter-
mination were a determination under subsection 
(a)’’ before ‘‘: Provided, That’’; and 
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(D) by striking ‘‘necessary:’’ and all that 
follows and inserting ‘‘necessary.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘$3,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$6,000, adjusted in accordance with sub-
section (h),’’; 
(4) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (a) and (b) and the 
level of the interim benefit payable immediately be-
fore such October 1 under subsection (c)’’; 
(5) by striking subsection (i) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(i) The amount payable under subsections (a) and 
(b), with respect to the death or permanent and total dis-
ability of a public safety officer, shall be the greater of— 
‘‘(1) the amount payable under the relevant 
subsection as of the date of death or the cata-
strophic injury of the public safety officer; or 
‘‘(2) in any case in which the claim filed there-
under has been pending for more than 365 days at 
the time of final determination by the Bureau, the 
amount that would be payable under the relevant 
subsection if the death or the catastrophic injury of 
the public safety officer had occurred on the date on 
which the Bureau makes such final determination.’’; 
and 
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(6) in subsection (m), by inserting ‘‘, (b),’’ after 
‘‘subsection (a)’’. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS WITH RESPECT TO PUBLIC SAFETY 
OFFICERS’ DEATH BENEFITS PROGRAM. 
Section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10284) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), 
(4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9) as paragraphs (4), 
(5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (13), and (14), respec-
tively; 
(2) by striking paragraph (4), as so redesig-
nated, and inserting: 
‘‘(4) ‘catastrophic injury’ means an injury, the 
direct and proximate result of which is to perma-
nently render an individual functionally incapable 
(including through a directly and proximately result-
ing neurocognitive disorder), based on the state of 
medicine on the date on which the claim is deter-
mined by the Bureau, of performing work, including 
sedentary work: Provided, That, if it appears that a 
claimant may be functionally capable of performing 
work— 
‘‘(A) the Bureau shall disregard work 
where any compensation provided is de-minimis, 
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nominal, honorary, or mere reimbursement of 
incidental expenses, such as— 
‘‘(i) work that involves ordinary or 
simple tasks, that because of the claimed 
disability, the claimant cannot perform 
without significantly more supervision, ac-
commodation, or assistance than is typi-
cally provided to an individual without the 
claimed disability doing similar work; 
‘‘(ii) work that involves minimal du-
ties that make few or no demands on the 
claimant and are of little or no economic 
value to the employer; or 
‘‘(iii) work that is performed primarily 
for therapeutic purposes and aids the 
claimant in the physical or mental recovery 
from the claimed disability; and 
‘‘(B) the claimant shall be presumed, ab-
sent clear and convincing medical evidence to 
the contrary as determined by the Bureau, to 
be functionally incapable of performing such 
work if the direct and proximate result of the 
injury renders the claimant— 
‘‘(i) blind; 
‘‘(ii) parapalegic; or 
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‘‘(iii) quadriplegic;’’; 
(3) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘as of the date of the public safety officer’s 
fatal or catastrophic injury’’ and inserting ‘‘at the 
time of the public safety officer’s death or fatal in-
jury (in connection with any claim predicated upon 
such death or injury) or the date of the public safety 
officer’s catastrophic injury or of the final deter-
mination by the Bureau of any claim predicated 
upon such catastrophic injury’’; 
(4) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by in-
serting ‘‘, including an individual who, as such a 
member, engages in scene security or traffic man-
agement as the primary or only duty of the indi-
vidual during emergency response’’ before the semi-
colon; and 
(5) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated by 
striking ‘‘delinquency).,’’ and inserting ‘‘delin-
quency),’’; 
(6) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, by 
inserting ‘‘, and includes (as may be prescribed by 
regulation hereunder) a legally organized volunteer 
fire department that is a nonprofit entity and pro-
vides services without regard to any particular rela-
tionship (such as a subscription) a member of the 
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public may have with such a department’’ before the 
semicolon; 
(7) in paragraph (14), as so redesignated,— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-
serting: 
‘‘(A) an individual serving a public agency 
in an official capacity, with or without com-
pensation, as a law enforcement officer, as a 
firefighter, or as a chaplain: Provided, That 
(notwithstanding section 1205(b)(2) or (3)) the 
Bureau shall, absent clear and convincing evi-
dence to the contrary as determined by the Bu-
reau, deem the actions outside of jurisdiction 
taken by any such law enforcement officer or 
firefighter, to have been taken while serving 
such public agency in such capacity, in any case 
in which the principal legal officer of such pub-
lic agency, and the head of such agency, to-
gether, certify that such actions— 
‘‘(i) were not unreasonable; 
‘‘(ii) would have been within the au-
thority and line of duty of such law en-
forcement officer or such firefighter to 
take, had they been taken in a jurisdiction 
where such law enforcement officer or fire-
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fighter was authorized to act, in the ordi-
nary course, in an official capacity; and 
‘‘(iii) would have resulted in the pay-
ment of full line-of-duty death or disability 
benefits (as applicable), if any such bene-
fits typically were payable by (or with re-
spect to or on behalf of) such public agen-
cy, as of the date the actions were taken;’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), 
(C), (D), and (E) as subparagraphs (C), (D), 
(E), and (F), respectively; 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A), 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) a candidate officer who is engaging in 
an activity or exercise that itself is a formal or 
required part of the program in which the can-
didate officer is enrolled or admitted, as pro-
vided in this section;’’; and 
(D) by striking subparagraph (E), as so 
redesignated, and inserting the following: 
‘‘(E) a member of a rescue squad or ambu-
lance crew who, as authorized or licensed by 
law and by the applicable agency or entity, is 
engaging in rescue activity or in the provision 
of emergency medical services: Provided, That 
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(notwithstanding section 1205(b)(2) or (3)) the 
Bureau shall, absent clear and convincing evi-
dence to the contrary as determined by the Bu-
reau, deem the actions outside of jurisdiction 
taken by any such member to have been thus 
authorized or licensed, in any case in which the 
principal legal officer of such agency or entity, 
and the head of such agency or entity together, 
certify that such actions— 
‘‘(i) were not unreasonable; 
‘‘(ii) would have been within the au-
thority and line of duty of such member to 
take, had they been taken in a jurisdiction 
where such member was authorized or li-
censed by law and by a pertinent agency or 
entity to act, in the ordinary course; and 
‘‘(iii) would have resulted in the pay-
ment of full line-of-duty death or disability 
benefits (as applicable), if any such bene-
fits typically were payable by (or with re-
spect to or on behalf of) such applicable 
agency or entity, as of the date the action 
was taken;’’; 
(8) by inserting before paragraph (4), as so re-
designated, the following new paragraphs: 
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‘‘(1) ‘action outside of jurisdiction’ means an 
action, not in the course of any compensated em-
ployment involving either the performance of public 
safety activity or the provision of security services, 
by a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or member 
of a rescue squad or ambulance crew that— 
‘‘(A) was taken in a jurisdiction where— 
‘‘(i) the law enforcement officer or 
firefighter then was not authorized to act, 
in the ordinary course, in an official capac-
ity; or 
‘‘(ii) the member of a rescue squad or 
ambulance crew then was not authorized 
or licensed to act, in the ordinary course, 
by law or by the applicable agency or enti-
ty; 
‘‘(B) then would have been within the au-
thority and line of duty of— 
‘‘(i) a law enforcement officer or a 
firefighter to take, who was authorized to 
act, in the ordinary course, in an official 
capacity, in the jurisdiction where the ac-
tion was taken; or 
‘‘(ii) a member of a rescue squad or 
ambulance crew to take, who was author-
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ized or licensed by law and by a pertinent 
agency or entity to act, in the ordinary 
course, in the jurisdiction where the action 
was taken; and 
‘‘(C) was, in an emergency situation that 
presented an imminent and significant danger 
or threat to human life or of serious bodily 
harm to any individual, taken— 
‘‘(i) by a law enforcement officer— 
‘‘(I) to prevent, halt, or respond 
to the immediate consequences of a 
crime (including an incident of juve-
nile delinquency); or 
‘‘(II) while engaging in a rescue 
activity or in the provision of emer-
gency medical services; or 
‘‘(ii) by a firefighter— 
‘‘(I) while engaging in fire sup-
pression; or 
‘‘(II) while engaging in a rescue 
activity or in the provision of emer-
gency medical services; or 
‘‘(iii) by a member of a rescue squad 
or ambulance crew, while engaging in a 
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rescue activity or in the provision of emer-
gency medical services; 
‘‘(2) ‘candidate officer’ means an individual who 
is enrolled or admitted, as a cadet or trainee, in a 
formal and officially established program of instruc-
tion or of training (such as a police or fire academy) 
that is specifically intended to result upon comple-
tion, in the— 
‘‘(A) commissioning of such individual as a 
law enforcement officer; 
‘‘(B) conferral upon such individual of offi-
cial authority to engage in fire suppression (as 
an officer or employee of a public fire depart-
ment or as an officially recognized or des-
ignated member of a legally organized volunteer 
fire department); or 
‘‘(C) granting to such individual official 
authorization or license to engage in a rescue 
activity, or in the provision of emergency med-
ical services, as a member of a rescue squad, or 
as a member of an ambulance crew that is (or 
is a part of) the agency or entity that is spon-
soring the individual’s enrollment or admission; 
‘‘(3) ‘blind’ means an individual who has cen-
tral visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye 
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with the use of a correcting lens or whose eye is ac-
companied by a limitation in the fields of vision such 
that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends 
an angle no greater than 20 degrees;’’; and 
(9) in the matter following paragraph (10), as 
so redesignated, by inserting the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(11) ‘neurocognitive disorder’ means a dis-
order that is characterized by a clinically significant 
decline in cognitive functioning and may include 
symptoms and signs such as disturbances in mem-
ory, executive functioning (that is, higher-level cog-
nitive processes, such as, regulating attention, plan-
ning, inhibiting responses, decision-making), visual- 
spatial functioning, language, speech, perception, in-
sight, judgment, or an insensitivity to social stand-
ards; and 
‘‘(12) ‘sedentary work’ means work that— 
‘‘(A) involves lifting articles weighing no 
more than 10 pounds at a time or occasionally 
lifting or carrying articles such as docket files, 
ledgers, or small tools; and 
‘‘(B) despite involving sitting on a regular 
basis, may require walking or standing on an 
occasional basis.’’. 
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SEC. 4. DUE DILIGENCE IN PAYING BENEFIT CLAIMS 
UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ DEATH 
BENEFITS PROGRAM. 
Section 1206(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10288(b)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘the Bureau may not’’ and all that 
follows and inserting the following: ‘‘the Bureau— 
‘‘(1) may use available investigative tools, in-
cluding subpoenas, to— 
‘‘(A) adjudicate or to expedite the proc-
essing of the benefit claim, if the Bureau deems 
such use to be necessary to adjudicate or con-
ducive to expediting the adjudication of such 
claim; and 
‘‘(B) obtain information or documentation 
from third parties, including public agencies, if 
the Bureau deems such use to be necessary to 
adjudicate or conducive to expediting the adju-
dication of a claim; and 
‘‘(2) may not abandon the benefit claim unless 
the Bureau has used investigative tools, including 
subpoenas, to obtain the information or documenta-
tion deemed necessary to adjudicate such claim by 
the Bureau under subparagraph (1)(B).’’. 
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SEC. 5. EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO DEPENDENTS OF 
CERTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS. 
Section 1216(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10306(b)) 
is amended, in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘may’’ and 
inserting ‘‘shall (unless prospective assistance has been 
provided)’’. 
SEC. 6. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 
Section 1205(e)(3)(B) of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10285(e)(3)(B)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘subparagraph (B)(ix)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subparagraph (I)’’. 
SEC. 7. SUBPOENA POWER. 
Section 806 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10225) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘Attorney General, the’’ before 
the ‘‘Bureau of Justice Assistance’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘may appoint’’ and inserting 
‘‘may appoint (to be assigned or employed on an in-
terim or as-needed basis) such hearing examiners 
(who shall, if so designated by the Attorney General, 
be understood to be comprised within the meaning 
of ‘‘special government employee’’ under section 202 
of title 18, United States Code)’’; 
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(3) by striking ‘‘under this chapter. The’’ and 
inserting ‘‘or other law. The Attorney General, the’’; 
and 
(4) by inserting ‘‘conduct examinations’’ after 
‘‘examine witnesses,’’. 
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this section, the amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) 
CERTAIN
INJURIES.—The 
amendments 
made to paragraphs (2) and (7) of section 1204 of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10284) shall apply 
with respect to injuries occurring on or after Janu-
ary 1, 2008. 
(2) MATTERS PENDING.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (1), the amendments made by this Act 
shall apply to any matter pending, before the Bu-
reau or otherwise, on the date of enactment of this 
Act, or filed (consistent with pre-existing effective 
dates) or accruing after that date. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE FOR WTC RESPONDERS.— 
(1) CERTAIN NEW CLAIMS.—Not later than two 
years after the effective date of this Act, a WTC re-
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sponder may file a claim, under section 1201(b) of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10281(b)), that is 
predicated on a personal injury sustained in the line 
of duty by such responder as a result of the Sep-
tember 11, 2001, attacks, where— 
(A) no claim under such section 1201(b) 
so predicated has previously been filed; or 
(B) a claim under such section 1201(b) so 
predicated had previously been denied, in a 
final agency determination, on the basis (in 
whole or in part) that the claimant was not to-
tally disabled. 
(2) CLAIMS
FOR
A
DECEASED
WTC
RE-
SPONDER.—Not later than two years after the effec-
tive date of this Act, a claim may be filed, construc-
tively under section 1201(a) of title I of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10281(a)), where a WTC responder who oth-
erwise could have filed a claim pursuant to para-
graph (1) has died before such effective date (or dies 
not later than 365 days after such effective date), or 
where a WTC responder has filed such a claim but 
dies while it is pending before the Bureau: Provided, 
That— 
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(A) no claim under such section 1201(a) 
otherwise shall have been filed, or determined, 
in a final agency determination; and 
(B) if it is determined, in a final agency 
determination, that a claim under such para-
graph (1) would have been payable had the 
WTC responder not died, then the WTC re-
sponder shall irrebutably be presumed (solely 
for purposes of determining to whom benefits 
otherwise pursuant to such paragraph (1) may 
be payable under the claim filed constructively 
under such section 1201(a)) to have died as the 
direct and proximate result of the injury on 
which the claim under such paragraph (1) 
would have been predicated. 
(3) DIFFERENCE
IN
BENEFIT
PAY.—In the 
event that a claim under section 1201(b) of title I 
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10281(b)) and predicated on an 
injury sustained in the line of duty by a WTC re-
sponder as a result of the September 11, 2001, at-
tacks was approved, in a final agency determination, 
before the effective date of this Act, the Bureau 
shall, upon application filed (not later than three 
years after such effective date of this Act) by the 
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payee (or payees) indicated in subparagraphs (A) or 
(B), pay a bonus in the amount of the difference (if 
any) between the amount that was paid pursuant to 
such determination and the amount that would have 
been payable had the amendments made by this Act, 
other than those indicated in subsection (b)(1), been 
in effect on the date of such determination— 
(A) to the WTC responder, if living on the 
date the application is determined, in a final 
agency determination; or 
(B) if the WTC responder is not living on 
the date indicated in subparagraph (A), to the 
individual (or individuals), if living on such 
date, to whom benefits would have been payable 
on such date under section 1201(a) of such title 
I (34 U.S.C. 10281(a)) had the application 
been, instead, a claim under such section 
1201(a). 
(4) SPECIAL
LIMITED
RULE
OF
CONSTRUC-
TION.—A claim filed pursuant to paragraph (1) or 
(2) shall be determined as though the date of cata-
strophic injury of the public safety officer were the 
date of enactment of this Act, for purposes of deter-
mining the amount that may be payable. 
Æ 
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