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H.R. 3298: Wounded Officers Recovery Act of 2017

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H.R. 3298: Wounded Officers Recovery Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-07-19 · Congress · Latest: Signed by President.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-07-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Signed by President. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Wounded Officers Recovery Act of 2017

Plain summary

Wounded Officers Recovery Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Capitol Police Board to make payments from the United States Capitol Police Memorial Fund to: (1) families of employees of the U.S. Capitol Police who were killed in the line of duty, or (2) employees of the U.S. Capitol Police who have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries. The board shall issue specific regulations governing the fund's use for making such payments, including regulations ensuring that the payments are in addition to, and do not otherwise affect, other forms of compensation payable to such family or employee, including worker's compensation benefits. The bill requires amounts received by the board in response to the shooting incident at the practice for the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity on June 14, 2017, to be deposited into the fund.

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Official text

Wounded Officers Recovery Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] · 128 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Jack Bergman (R-MI), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Gary J. Palmer (R-AL), Steve Womack (R-AR), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Roger Williams (R-TX), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT) and 68 more.

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A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3298 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115