SEC. 3. PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER DEATH BENEFITS FOR 
POST-TRAUMATIC 
STRESS 
DISORDER 
AND 
ACUTE STRESS DISORDER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1201 of title I of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10281) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(o) POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND ACUTE 
STRESS DISORDER.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(A) MASS
CASUALTY
EVENT.—The term 
‘mass casualty event’ means an incident result-
ing in casualties to not fewer than 3 victims, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(i) an incident that exceeds the nor-
mal resources for emergency response avail-
able in the jurisdiction where the incident 
takes place; and 
‘‘(ii) an incident that results in a sud-
den temporal surge of injured individuals 
necessitating emergency services. 
‘‘(B) MASS
FATALITY
EVENT.—The term 
‘mass fatality event’ means an incident resulting 
in the fatalities of not fewer than 3 individuals 
at 1 or more locations close to one another with 
a common cause. 
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‘‘(C) MASS
SHOOTING.—The term ‘mass 
shooting’ means a multiple homicide incident in 
which not fewer than 3 victims are killed— 
‘‘(i) with a firearm; 
‘‘(ii) within 1 event; and 
‘‘(iii) in 1 or more locations in close 
proximity. 
‘‘(D) EXPOSED.—The term ‘exposed’ in-
cludes— 
‘‘(i) directly experiencing or witnessing 
an event; or 
‘‘(ii) being subjected, in an intense 
way, to aversive consequences of the event 
(including a public safety officer collecting 
human remains). 
‘‘(E) TRAUMATIC EVENT.—The term ‘trau-
matic event’means, in the case of a public safety 
officer exposed to an event, an event that is— 
‘‘(i) a homicide, suicide, or the violent 
or gruesome death of another individual 
(including such a death resulting from a 
mass casualty event, mass fatality event, or 
mass shooting); 
‘‘(ii) a harrowing circumstance posing 
an extraordinary and significant danger or 
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threat to the life of or of serious bodily 
harm to any individual (including such a 
circumstance as a mass casualty event, 
mass fatality event, or mass shooting); or 
‘‘(iii) an act of criminal sexual vio-
lence committed against any individual. 
‘‘(2) PERSONAL INJURY SUSTAINED IN LINE OF 
DUTY.—As determined by the Bureau— 
‘‘(A) post-traumatic stress disorder, acute 
stress disorder, or trauma and stress related dis-
orders suffered by a public safety officer and di-
agnosed by a licensed medical or mental health 
professional, shall be presumed to constitute a 
personal injury within the meaning of subsection 
(a), sustained in the line of duty by the officer, 
if the officer was exposed, while on duty, to one 
or more traumatic events and such exposure was 
a substantial factor in the disorder; 
‘‘(B) post-traumatic stress disorder, acute 
stress disorder, or trauma and stress related dis-
orders, suffered by a public safety officer who has 
contacted or attempted to contact the employee 
assistance program of the agency or entity that 
the officer serves, a licensed medical or mental 
health professional, suicide prevention services, 
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or another mental health assistance service in 
order to receive help, treatment, or diagnosis for 
post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress dis-
order, shall be presumed to constitute a personal 
injury within the meaning of subsection (a), sus-
tained in the line of duty by the officer, if the 
officer, was exposed, while on duty, to one or 
more traumatic events and such exposure was a 
substantial factor in the disorder; and 
‘‘(C) post-traumatic stress disorder, acute 
stress disorder, or trauma and stress related dis-
orders, suffered by a public safety officer who 
was exposed, while on duty, to one or more trau-
matic events shall be presumed to constitute a 
personal injury within the meaning of subsection 
(a), sustained in the line of duty by the officer 
if such exposure was a substantial factor in the 
disorder. 
‘‘(3) PRESUMPTION OF DEATH OR TOTAL DIS-
ABILITY.—A public safety officer shall be presumed to 
have died or become permanently and totally disabled 
(within the meaning of subsection (a) or (b)) as the 
direct and proximate result of a personal injury sus-
tained in the line of duty, if (as determined by the 
Bureau) the officer either— 
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‘‘(A) took an action, which action was in-
tended to bring about the officer’s death and di-
rectly and proximately resulted in such officer’s 
death or permanent and total disability and ex-
posure to one or more traumatic events was a 
substantial factor in the action taken by the offi-
cer; or 
‘‘(B) took an action within 45 days of the 
end of exposure to a traumatic event, which ac-
tion was intended to bring about the officer’s 
death and directly and proximately resulted in 
such officer’s death or permanent and total dis-
ability, if such action was not inconsistent with 
a psychiatric disorder. 
‘‘(4) APPLICABILITY OF LIMITATIONS ON BENE-
FITS.— 
‘‘(A) 
INTENTIONAL
ACTIONS.—Section 
1202(a)(1) shall not apply to any claim for a 
benefit under this part that is payable in accord-
ance with this subsection. 
‘‘(B) SUBSTANCE USE.—Section 1202(a)(2) 
shall not preclude the payment of a benefit under 
this part if the benefit is otherwise payable in 
accordance with this subsection.’’. 
(b) RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.— 
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