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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1159 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to |
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| 6 | 6 | | provide for the eligibility of Transportation Security Administration em- |
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| 7 | 7 | | ployees to receive public safety officers death benefits, and for other |
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| 8 | 8 | | purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | FEBRUARY10, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Ms. B |
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| 12 | 12 | | ROWNLEY(for herself, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. TORRESof New York, Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | C |
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| 14 | 14 | | ARBAJAL, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mrs. MCIVER, Ms. WATERS, Ms. TITUS, |
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| 15 | 15 | | Mr. C |
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| 16 | 16 | | ONNOLLY, and Ms. ROSS) introduced the following bill; which was |
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| 17 | 17 | | referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets |
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| 20 | 20 | | Act of 1968 to provide for the eligibility of Transpor- |
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| 21 | 21 | | tation Security Administration employees to receive pub- |
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| 22 | 22 | | lic safety officers death benefits, and for other purposes. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Honoring Our Fallen 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | TSA Officers Act’’. 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 1159 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION EM-1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | PLOYEES ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE PUBLIC 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SAFETY OFFICERS’ DEATH BENEFITS. 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Section 1204(14) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10284(14)) is amend-5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ed— 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | the end; 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (3) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the fol-11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | lowing: 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(H) an employee of the Transportation 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Security Administration who is performing offi-14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | cial duties of the Administration, if those offi-15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | cial duties are related to protecting the Nation’s 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | transportation systems to ensure freedom of 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | movement for people and commerce.’’. 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY. 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | apply with respect an injury sustained by an individual 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | described in subparagraph (H) of section 1204(14) of the 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | U.S.C. 10284(14)), as added by this Act, on or after Octo-24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ber 31, 2013. 25 |
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