Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act

Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include within the definition of "public safety officers," in order for them to receive death benefits under the Act, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees who are performing their official duties related to protecting the nation's transportation systems.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4026 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4026

  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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 2014

  Ms. Brownley of California 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 for the eligibility of Transportation Security Administration 
 employees to receive 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers 
Act''.

SEC. 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.''.

SEC. 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.
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