Wounded Officers Recovery Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1608
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2017-07-20
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees

Employee benefits and pensions

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government trust funds

Law enforcement officers

Members of Congress

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

U.S. Capitol

Violent crime

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Wounded Officers Recovery Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Capitol Police Board to make payments from the United States Capitol Police Memorial Fund to employees of the U.S. Capitol Police who have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries.</p> <p>The board is required to issue specific regulations governing the fund's use for making such payments. These regulations shall ensure that the payments are in addition to, and do not otherwise affect, other forms of compensation payable to the employee, including worker's compensation benefits.</p> <p>The bill requires amounts received by the board in response to the shooting incident at the practice for the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity on June 14, 2017, to be deposited into the fund.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1608 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 20, 2017 Mr. Flake (for himself, Mr. Paul , Mr. Donnelly , and Mr. Murphy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration A BILL To authorize the Capitol Police Board to make payments from the United States Capitol Police Memorial Fund to employees of the United States Capitol Police who have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wounded Officers Recovery Act of 2017 . 2. Payments from United States Capitol Police Memorial Fund to employees sustaining serious line-of-duty injuries (a) Authorizing payments from Fund Section 2 of Public Law 105–223 ( 2 U.S.C. 1952 ) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by inserting and certain other United States Capitol Police employees before the period at the end; (2) by striking Subject to the regulations and inserting (a) In general .—Except to the extent used or reserved for use under subsection (b) and subject to the regulations ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Payments for employees sustaining serious line-of-Duty injuries In addition to the amounts paid under subsection (a), amounts in the Fund may be paid to employees of the United States Capitol Police who have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries, in accordance with the regulations issued under section 4(b). . (b) Regulations of Capitol Police Board Section 4 of Public Law 105–223 ( 2 U.S.C. 1954 ) is amended— (1) by striking The Capitol Police Board and inserting (a) In general .—The Capitol Police Board ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Regulations governing payments to employees sustaining serious line-of-Duty injuries In carrying out subsection (a), the Capitol Police Board shall issue specific regulations governing the use of the Fund for making payments to employees of the United States Capitol Police who have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries (as authorized under section 2(b)), including regulations— (1) establishing the conditions under which an employee is eligible to receive such a payment; (2) providing for the amount, timing, and manner of such payments; and (3) ensuring that any such payment is in addition to, and does not otherwise affect, any other form of compensation payable to the employee, including benefits for workers’ compensation under chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code. . (c) Treatment of amounts received in response to incident of June 14, 2017 The second sentence of section 1 of Public Law 105–223 ( 2 U.S.C. 1951 ) is amended by striking deposit into the Fund and inserting deposit into the Fund, including amounts received in response to the shooting incident at the practice for the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity on June 14, 2017, .