Sec. 2. PAYMENT OF DEATH AND DISABILITY BENEFITS UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ DEATH BENEFITS PROGRAM
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## SEC. 2 PAYMENT OF DEATH AND DISABILITY BENEFITS UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ DEATH BENEFITS PROGRAM Section 1201 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10281) is amended— ####
(1)in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— #####
(A)by striking “the Bureau shall pay”; and #####
(B)by inserting “, and calculated in accordance with subsection (i), shall be payable by the Bureau” after “subsection (h)”. ####
(2)in subsection (b)— #####
(A)by striking “the Bureau shall pay the same benefit” and inserting “a benefit shall be payable”; #####
(B)by striking “that is payable under subsection
(a)with respect to the date on which the catastrophic injury occurred,” and inserting “in the same amount that would be payable, as of the date such injury was sustained (including”; #####
(C)by inserting “, and calculated in accordance with subsection (i)), if such determination were a determination under subsection (a)” before “: Provided, That”; and #####
(D)by striking “necessary:” and all that follows and inserting “necessary.”; ####
(3)in subsection (c), by striking “$3,000” and inserting “$6,000, adjusted in accordance with subsection (h),”; ####
(4)in subsection (h), by striking “subsection (a)” and inserting “subsections
(a)and
(b)and the level of the interim benefit payable immediately before such October 1 under subsection (c)”; ####
(5)by striking subsection
(i)and inserting the following: > > ### “(i) > > The amount payable under subsections
(a)and (b), with respect to the death or permanent and total disability of a public safety officer, shall be the greater of— > > > #### “(1) > > the amount payable under the relevant subsection as of the date of death or of the catastrophic injury of the public safety officer; or > > > #### “(2) > > in any case in which the claim filed thereunder has been pending for more than 365 days at the time of final determination by the Bureau, the amount that would be payable under the relevant subsection if the death or the catastrophic injury of the public safety officer had occurred on the date on which the Bureau makes such final determination.” > ; and ####
(6)in subsection (m), by inserting “, (b),” after “subsection (a)”.
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PAYMENT OF DEATH AND DISABILITY BENEFITS UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ DEATH BENEFITS PROGRAM
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