1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Fairness for Fallen Officers Act of 2014”.
Fairness for Fallen Officers Act of 2014
A BILL
To expand benefits to the families of public safety officers who suffer fatal climate-related injuries sustained in the line of duty and proximately resulting in death.
2. Benefits for families of public safety officers who suffer fatal climate-related injuries
Section 1201 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796) is amended—
in subsection (k)—
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “or vascular rupture” and inserting “vascular rupture, or climate-related injury”;
in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting “exposure to extreme environmental conditions,” after “disaster relief,”;
in paragraph (2), by striking “or vascular rupture” and inserting “vascular rupture, or climate-related injury”;
in paragraph (3), by striking “or vascular rupture” and inserting “vascular rupture, or climate-related injury”; and
in the flush text following paragraph (3), by striking “or vascular rupture” and inserting “vascular rupture, or climate-related injury”; and
by amending subsection (l) to read as follows:
“(l) For purposes of subsection (k)—
“(1) the term climate-related injury means an injury that is caused by an environmental condition experienced by an officer, including hypothermia, heatstroke, and hyperthermia; and
“(2) the term nonroutine stressful or strenuous physical excludes actions of a clerical, administrative, or nonmanual nature.”