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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2235
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 4, 2013
Mr. Capuano (for
himself, Mr. Keating,
Mr. Kennedy,
Mr. Lynch,
Mr. Markey,
Mr. McGovern,
Mr. Neal, Mr. Tierney, and Ms.
Tsongas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the
Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968 to provide death benefits for campus police officers.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of
2013.
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.
.
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.