S 2332
113th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Atmospheric science and weather
Employee benefits and pensions
Law enforcement officers
Worker safety and health
Fairness for Fallen Officers Act of 2014
Introduced: May 14, 2014
Introduced by:
Coons, Christopher A.
Democratic
· Delaware
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 14, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 14, 2014
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Fairness for Fallen Officers Act of 2014 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include a fatal climate-related injury (including hypothermia, heatstroke, and hyperthermia) sustained by a public safety officer who engaged in a situation involving exposure to extreme environmental conditions while on duty as a personal injury for which death benefits shall be provided.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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