Christopher Kangas Fallen Firefighter Apprentice Act

Christopher Kangas Fallen Firefighter Apprentice Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the definition of "firefighter" for purposes of death benefit provisions to include fire department members regardless of age, status as an apprentice or trainee, or related duty restrictions. Makes this Act applicable to deaths and injuries which occur on or after May 4, 2002.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1456 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1456

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
    expand the definition of firefighter to include apprentices and 
            trainees, regardless of age or duty limitations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 5, 2005

 Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
  Andrews, and Mr. Pascrell) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
    expand the definition of firefighter to include apprentices and 
            trainees, regardless of age or duty limitations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Christopher Kangas Fallen 
Firefighter Apprentice Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF FIREFIGHTER TO INCLUDE APPRENTICES 
              AND TRAINEES.

    Section 1204(4) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b(4)) is amended by inserting ``, regardless of 
age, status as an apprentice or trainee, or duty restrictions imposed 
because of age or status as an apprentice or trainee,'' after ``fire 
department''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by this Act shall apply with respect to deaths 
and injuries which occur on or after May 4, 2002.
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