Title: Fire Police Fairness Act
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Fire Police Fairness Act
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include a fire police officer within the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of death benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits program.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2871 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2871

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 extend public safety officers' death benefits to fire police officers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 16, 2018

Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Toomey, and Mr. Murphy) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 extend public safety officers' death benefits to fire police officers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fire Police Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENDING PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER DEATH BENEFITS TO FIRE POLICE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1204 of title I the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10284) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (9) as 
        paragraphs (6) through (10), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(5) `fire police officer' includes an individual who--
                    ``(A) is serving in accordance with State or local 
                law as an officially recognized or designated member of 
                a legally organized public safety agency but is not a 
                law enforcement officer, a firefighter, a chaplain, or 
                a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew described 
                in paragraph (10)(D); and
                    ``(B) provides scene security or directs traffic--
                            ``(i) in response to any fire drill, fire 
                        call, or other fire, rescue, or police 
                        emergency; or
                            ``(ii) at a planned special event;''; and
            (3) in paragraph (10)(A), as so redesignated, by inserting 
        ``as a fire police officer,'' after ``firefighter,''.
    (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 (34 U.S.C. 
10286(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``section 1204(7)(B)'' and inserting 
        ``section 1204(8)(B) of title I''; and
            (2) by striking ``(42 U.S.C. 3796b(7)(B))'' and inserting 
        ``(34 U.S.C. 10284(8)(B))''.
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