To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that certain employees of Federal, State, and local emergency management and civil defense agencies may be eligible for certain public safety officers death benefits, and for other purposes.

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to make certain employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, their State and local counterparts, and State and local employees of civil defense agencies eligible for public safety officers' death benefits.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2588 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2588

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 provide that certain employees of Federal, State, and local emergency 
   management and civil defense agencies may be eligible for certain 
     public safety officers death benefits, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 1999

Mr. Cramer (for himself and Mr. Wicker) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 provide that certain employees of Federal, State, and local emergency 
   management and civil defense agencies may be eligible for certain 
     public safety officers death benefits, 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. PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS DEATH BENEFITS FOR EMERGENCY 
              MANAGEMENT/CIVIL DEFENSE.

    Section 1204(7) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b(7)) is amended by striking ``or rescue squad 
or ambulance crew'' and inserting ``rescue squad or ambulance crew, or 
an employee of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and employees of 
State and local emergency management and civil defense agencies.''

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act and shall apply only to employees of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency and employees of State and local emergency 
management and civil defense agencies who are injured or die in the 
line of duty on or after such date.
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