Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Fairness for Fallen Officers Act of 2015”.
Fairness for Fallen Officers Act of 2015
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.
Sec. 2 Benefits for families of public safety officers who suffer fatal climate-related injuries
Section 1201 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796) is amended—
in subsection (b), by inserting “or climate-related injury (as defined in subsection (l))” after “personal injury”;
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.”