Fire Police Fairness Act

Bill: 113-s-876
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2013-05-07
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Fires

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Law enforcement officers
Latest action: action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-07
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Fire Police Fairness Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include a fire police officer as a public safety officer for purposes of death benefits provisions. Defines a &quot;fire police officer&quot; as an individual who: (1) is serving in accordance with state or local law as a member of a legally organized public safety agency; (2) is not a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, a chaplain, or a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew; and (3) provides scene security or directs traffic in response to any fire, rescue, or police emergency or at a planned special event.</p> <p>Makes conforming amendments to the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act).</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 876 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 7, 2013 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself and Mr. Murphy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fire Police Fairness Act . 2. Extending public safety officer death benefits to fire police (a) In general Section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3796b ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (9) as paragraphs (6) through (10), respectively; (2) in paragraph (10)(A) (as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section), by inserting as a fire police officer, after firefighter, ; and (3) 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; (B) is not a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, a chaplain, or a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew described in paragraph (10)(A); and (C) 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; . (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 ( 42 U.S.C. 3796c–1(a) ) is amended— (1) by striking section 1204(7)(B) and inserting section 1204(8)(B) ; and (2) by striking ( 42 U.S.C. 3796b(7)(B) ) and inserting (42 U.S.C. 3796b(8)(B)) .