Fire Police Fairness Act

Bill: 116-hr-2709
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2019-05-14
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Fires

First responders and emergency personnel

Law enforcement officers
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fire Police Fairness Act</b></p> <p>This bill includes additional firefighters within the definition of &quot;public safety officer&quot; for purposes of death, disability, and education benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program.</p> <p>Specifically, it includes as a public safety officer a firefighter whose primary duty during an emergency response is to secure the scene or manage traffic.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2709 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 14, 2019 Mr. Courtney (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , and Mr. Pascrell ) 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 clarify the definition of firefighter for the purposes of the Public Safety Officers’ Death Benefits Program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fire Police Fairness Act . 2. Definition for the purposes of the Public Safety Officers’ Death Benefits Program Section 1204(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10284 ) is amended by inserting , including an individual who, in the capacity of the individual as such a member, engages in scene security or traffic management as the primary or only duty of the individual during emergency response before the semicolon.