To provide benefits to public safety officers who die or become disabled as a result of certain injuries.

March 8, 2005

Mr. BACA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

To provide benefits to public safety officers who die or become disabled as a result of certain injuries.

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 `Public Safety Officer Protection Act of 2005'.

SEC. 2. BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN INJURIES.

Subpart 1 of part L of the title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (42 U.S.C. 3796 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

`SEC. 1206. BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN INJURIES.

`Notwithstanding the rules and regulations issued pursuant to this subpart, if a public safety officer develops cancer and either dies or becomes permanently and totally disabled as a result of the cancer, such officer's death or disability shall be presumed to be the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty. An officer described in the preceding sentence or such officer's family, as the case may be, shall be eligible for benefits under this subpart.'.

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