Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2017
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the definition of public safety officer for purposes of the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program to include a campus police officer who is employed by an institution of higher education and authorized to enforce criminal laws.
Specifically, the bill extends death, disability, or education benefits to a campus police officer or survivors of a campus police officer who dies or becomes disabled as a result of an injury sustained in the line of duty on or after April 15, 2013.
[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3569 Introduced in House (IH)]
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115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3569
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
provide death benefits for campus police officers.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 28, 2017
Mr. Capuano (for himself, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Castro of
Texas, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Keating, Mr.
Kennedy, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Lynch, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Moulton,
Mr. Neal, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Cohen, and Mr.
DeSaulnier) 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 death benefits for campus police officers.
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 ``Officer Sean Collier Campus Police
Recognition Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. DEATH BENEFITS FOR CAMPUS POLICE OFFICERS.
Section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (9) as
paragraphs (2) through (10), respectively;
(2) by inserting the following before paragraph (2) (as so
redesignated):
``(1) `campus police officer' means a police officer--
``(A) who is authorized to enforce the criminal
laws (including the authorization to make arrests); and
``(B) who is employed by an institution of higher
education (as such term is defined in section 101 of
the Higher Education Act of 1965), including a police
or similar department operated by such institution;'';
and
(3) in paragraph (10) (as so redesignated)--
(A) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ``or'' at
the end;
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ``; or'' ; and
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the
following:
``(E) a campus police officer.''.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to a
personal injury sustained in the line of duty by a campus police
officer occurring on or after April 15, 2013.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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