Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4677
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2016-03-03
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Higher education

Law enforcement officers
Latest action: action_date: 2016-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-03-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2016</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the definition of public safety officer for purposes of the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program to include a campus police officer who is employed by an institution of higher education and authorized to enforce criminal laws.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill extends death, disability, or education benefits to a campus police officer or survivors of a campus police officer who dies or becomes disabled as a result of an injury sustained in the line of duty on or after April 15, 2013. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4677 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 3, 2016 Mr. Capuano (for himself, Mr. Keating , Mr. Kennedy , Mr. Lynch , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Neal , Mr. Moulton , Ms. Tsongas , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mr. Veasey , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mrs. Lawrence , and Ms. Brownley of California ) 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 to provide death benefits for campus police officers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2016 . 2. Death benefits for campus police officers Section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3796b ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (9) as paragraphs (2) through (10), respectively; (2) by inserting the following before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated): (1) campus police officer means a police officer— (A) who is authorized to enforce the criminal laws (including the authorization to make arrests); and (B) who is employed by an institution of higher education (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965), including a police or similar department operated by such institution; ; and (3) in paragraph (10) (as so redesignated)— (A) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking or at the end; (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: (E) a campus police officer. . 3. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to a personal injury sustained in the line of duty by a campus police officer occurring on or after April 15, 2013.