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§1952 Payments from Fund for families of Detective Gibson and Private First Class Chestnut and certain other United States Capitol Police employees
Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 29— - CAPITOL POLICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION › Part Part D— - United States Capitol Police Memorial Fund › § 1952
Summary
Under rules in section 1954, Fund money must be split: 50% to Detective John Michael Gibson’s widow and children and 50% to Private First Class Jacob Joseph Chestnut’s. The Fund may also pay families of other United States Capitol Police killed or seriously injured on duty.
Full Legal Text
Title 2, §1952
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(a)Except to the extent used or reserved for use under subsection (b) and subject to the regulations issued under section 1954 of this title, amounts in the Fund shall be paid to the families of Detective John Michael Gibson and Private First Class Jacob Joseph Chestnut of the United States Capitol Police as follows:
(1)Fifty percent of such amounts shall be paid to the widow and children of Detective Gibson.
(2)Fifty percent of such amounts shall be paid to the widow and children of Private First Class Chestnut.
(b)In addition to the amounts paid under subsection (a), and in accordance with the regulations issued under section 1954(b) of this title, amounts in the Fund may be paid to—
(1)families of employees of the United States Capitol Police who were killed in the line of duty; or
(2)employees of the United States Capitol Police who have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was classified to section 207c–1 of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062.
Amendments
2017—Pub. L. 115–45 inserted “and certain other United States Capitol Police employees” at end of section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, substituted “Except to the extent used or reserved for use under subsection (b) and subject to the
Regulations
” for “Subject to the
Regulations
”, and added subsec. (b).
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Citation
2 U.S.C. § 1952
Title 2 — The Congress
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73