Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act

Bill: 114-hr-3523
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2015-09-16
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Law enforcement officers

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2015-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-09-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend public safety officers' death benefits to Transportation Security Administration employees who are responsible for protecting the nation's transportation systems.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3523 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 16, 2015 Ms. Brownley of California (for herself, Ms. Edwards , Mrs. Napolitano , Ms. Titus , Mrs. Beatty , Mr. Richmond , Ms. Bordallo , Mr. Pascrell , Mr. Cartwright , Mrs. Bustos , Ms. Norton , Mr. Vargas , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. Meeks , Mr. Thompson of California , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Hinojosa , Mr. Tonko , Ms. Maxine Waters of California , Mr. Lipinski , Mr. Honda , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Kilmer , Mr. Higgins , Mr. Capuano , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Ms. Kuster , Mr. McNerney , Mrs. Kirkpatrick , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Ms. Hahn , and Mr. Keating ) 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 for the eligibility of Transportation Security Administration employees to receive public safety officers’ death benefits, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act . 2. Transportation Security Administration employees eligible to receive public safety officers’ death benefits Section 1204(9) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3796b(9) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking or at the end; (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: (E) an employee of the Transportation Security Administration who is performing official duties of the Administration, if those official duties are related to protecting the Nation's transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce. . 3. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect as if they had been enacted on October 31, 2013.