115th CONGRESS 1st Session |
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.
July 20, 2017
Mr. Flake (for himself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Donnelly, and Mr. Murphy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration
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,
This Act may be cited as the “Wounded Officers Recovery Act of 2017”.
SEC. 2. Payments from United States Capitol Police Memorial Fund to employees 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 sustaining serious line-of-Duty injuries.—In addition to the amounts paid under subsection (a), amounts in the Fund may be paid to employees of the United States Capitol Police who have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries, in accordance with the regulations issued under section 4(b).”.
(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 to employees 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 employees of the United States Capitol Police who have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries (as authorized under section 2(b)), including regulations—
“(1) establishing the conditions under which 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 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,”.