,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #cj1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,reed 7for himself and ,ms4 ,slaughter7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide      
public safety officer disability        
benefits to officers disabled before the
 enactment of the ,federal public safety
 officer disability benefits law4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,disabled ,public ,safety ,officers 
,fairness ,act of #bjad4  #b4           
,disability benefits for public safety  
officers disabled before enactment of   
public safety officer disability law    
7a7 ,in general ,section #abja7;b7 of   
the ,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe  
,streets ,act of #aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#cgif7;b77 is amended--  7#a7 by        
inserting after determines that a public
 safety officer has the following3 1    
whether before1 on1 or after the date of
 the enactment of this part12 and  7#b7 

by adding at the end the following new  
sentence3 ,in the case of a public      
safety officer seeking a benefit under  
the previous sentence on the basis of   
having been permanently and totally     
disabled as the direct result of a      
catastrophic injury sustained in the    
line of duty before the date of the     
enactment of this part1 such officer may
 file a claim under this subsection     
during the same period that would be    
applicable to such an officer so        
disabled after the date of the enactment
 of this part1 except that in lieu of   
such a period beginning on the date of  
the injury such period shall begin on   
the date of the enactment of the        
,disabled ,public ,safety ,officers     
,fairness ,act of #bjad44  7b7          
,applicability ,the amendments made by  
subsection 7a7 apply to any public      
safety officer alive on or after the    
date of the enactment of this ,act4