An act 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
PL 115-45 (H.R.3298), enacted 08/04/2017

131 STAT. 956 
PUBLIC LAW 115–45—AUG. 4, 2017 
Public Law 115–45 
115th Congress 
An Act 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wounded Officers Recovery 
Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. PAYMENTS FROM UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE MEMORIAL 
FUND FOR EMPLOYEES KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY OR 
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 KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY 
OR SUSTAINING SERIOUS LINE-OF-DUTY INJURIES.—In addition to 
the amounts paid under subsection (a), and in accordance with 
the regulations issued under section 4(b), amounts in the Fund 
may be paid to— 
‘‘(1) families of employees of the United States Capitol 
Police who were killed in the line of duty; or 
‘‘(2) employees of the United States Capitol Police who 
have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries.’’. 
(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
FOR
EMPLOYEES 
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY OR 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 families of employees of the United 
States Capitol Police who were killed in the line of duty and 
employees of the United States Capitol Police who have sustained 
2 USC 1901 note. 
Wounded Officers 
Recovery Act of 
2017. 
Aug. 4, 2017 
[H.R. 3298] 
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131 STAT. 957 
PUBLIC LAW 115–45—AUG. 4, 2017 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3298: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017): 
July 24, considered and passed House. 
July 27, considered and passed Senate, amended. House concurred in Senate 
amendment. 
serious line-of-duty injuries (as authorized under section 2(b)), 
including regulations— 
‘‘(1) establishing the conditions under which the family 
of an employee or 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 family of an employee or 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,’’. 
Approved August 4, 2017. 
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