119-hr1159

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1159 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1159

 To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 provide for the eligibility of Transportation Security Administration 
 employees to receive public safety officers death benefits, and for 
 other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 10, 2025

 Ms. Brownley (for herself, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. 
 Carbajal, Ms. Strickland, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Waters, Ms. Titus, Mr. 
 Connolly, and Ms. Ross) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 provide for the eligibility of Transportation Security Administration 
 employees to receive public safety officers death benefits, and for 
 other purposes.

 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 ``Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE TO 
 RECEIVE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS' DEATH BENEFITS.

 

Section 1204

    (14) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10284

    (14) ) is amended--

    (1) in subparagraph
        (F) , by striking ``or'' at the end;

    (2) in subparagraph
        (G) , by striking the period at the end 
 and inserting ``; or''; and

    (3) by inserting after subparagraph
        (G) the following:
 ``
        (H) an employee of the Transportation Security 
 Administration who is performing official duties of the 
 Administration, if those official duties are related to 
 protecting the Nation's transportation systems to 
 ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce.''.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY.

 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect an injury sustained by an individual described in subparagraph
        (H) of 

section 1204

    (14) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10284

    (14) ), as added by this Act, on or after 
October 31, 2013.
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