S 1321
114th 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 2015
Introduced: May 13, 2015
Introduced by:
Coons, Christopher A.
Democratic
· Delaware
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Became law
May 13, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 13, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Fairness for Fallen Officers Act of 2015
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include a 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 or benefits for permanent and total disability shall be provided.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1