The text of the bill below is as of May 15, 1998 (Passed Congress).
H.R.3565
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight
An Act
To amend Part L of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘Care for Police Survivors Act of 1998’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ DEATH BENEFITS.
(a) NATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS WHO HAVE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY- Section 1203 of Part L of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796a-1), is amended to read as follows: ‘The Director is authorized to use no less than $150,000 of the funds appropriated for this part to maintain and enhance national peer support and counseling programs to assist families of public safety officers who have died in the line of duty.’.
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION- Section 1205 of Part L of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796c), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Bureau is authorized to use appropriated funds to conduct appeals of public safety officers’ death and disability claims.’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
