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114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4677
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 3, 2016
Mr. Capuano (for himself, Mr. Keating, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Lynch, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Neal, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Tsongas, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mrs. Lawrence, and Ms. Brownley of California) 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 2016.
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.
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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.