,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhjd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #af1        
#bjah,mr4 ,langevin 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,russell1 ,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york1 and 
,mr4 ,capuano7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform1 and in addition to the        
,committee on ,house ,administration1   
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1  
to allow injured ,federal law           
enforcement officers to continue to     
serve their agencies1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,continuation on    
,active ,service ,act4  #b4 ,continued  
service of injured federal law          
enforcement officers  7a7 ,in general   
,chapter #cc of title #e1 ,united       

,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  #cccj;f4 ,law   
enforcement officers2 continued service 
after injury  7a7 ,an agency may waive  
any medical standards or physical       
requirements applicable to a position   
occupied by a law enforcement officer if
 the officer suffers a qualifying       
injury4  7b7 ,in carrying out subsection
 7a71 the employing agency-- 7#a7 may   
utilize a medical review board as       
established under the authority granted 
by this title2  7#b7 may assign the     
officer duties that take the qualifying 
injury into account2  7#c7 may not      
reduce the general schedule pay scale of
 the injured law enforcement officer who
 returns to work full-time after the    
incidence of injury even if the duties  
are adjusted2 and  7#d7 shall take into 
account the health and safety of the    
officer and others4  7c7 ,not later than
 #fj days after the date of enactment of
 this section1 the ,office of ,personnel
 ,management shall promulgate           

regulations to carry out this section4  
,such regulations shall provide         
consistent application of this section1 
to the greatest extent practicable1 in  
each employing agency4  7d7 ,a law      
enforcement officer who receives a      
waiver under this section shall be      
subject to the retirement benefits      
provisions under chapter #hc or #hd that
 would otherwise apply to the officer   
had the officer not suffered a          
qualifying injury4  7e7 ,in this        
section-- 7#a7 the term law enforcement 
officer has the meaning given such term 
in sections #hcca7bj7 and #hdja7ag71 and
 includes any member of the ,capitol    
,police1 the ,supreme ,court ,police1 or
 the ,united ,states ,secret ,service   
,uniformed ,division2 and  7#b7 the term
 qualifying injury means an injury--    
7,a7 that results in the officer being  
unable to meet the medical standards or 
physical requirements otherwise required
 to occupy the applicable law           
enforcement position2 and  7,b7 is not  

due to misconduct1 willful negligence1  
or incurred during an unauthorized      
absence4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment    
,the table of sections of such chapter  
is amended by adding after the item     
relating to section #cccj;e the         
following new item3  #cccj;f4 ,law      
enforcement officers2 continued service 
after injury4  4  7c7 ,retroactive      
application permissible  7#a7 ,in       
general ,the authority provided by      
section #cccj;f of title #e1 ,united    
,states ,code1 as added by subsection   
7a71 may be applied to any law          
enforcement officer who1 before the date
 of enactment of this ,act1 suffered a  
qualifying injury 7as that term is      
defined in such section74  7#b7 ,report 
to ,congress ,an agency head shall      
submit a report to ,congress with       
respect to each instance that the       
authority provided in paragraph 7#a7 is 
exercised4