§1954 — Title 2 The Congress | U.S. Code

Summary

The Capitol Police Board must manage the Fund under rules it creates and that the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House Committee on Oversight approve. The Board must follow those rules when making payments under section 1952. If any money is left after the 6-month period beginning on August 7, 1998, the Board must pay the remaining balance to the families of Detective John Michael Gibson and Private First Class Jacob Joseph Chestnut. The Board may also pay out any Fund money after that period as it decides and must use Fund money to hire a financial adviser or trustee to help those two families. The Board must write clear rules for using the Fund to pay families of Capitol Police officers killed on duty and officers with serious on-duty injuries (as allowed under section 1952(b)). The rules must say who is eligible, how much and when payments are made, and how payments are made. The rules must also say these Fund payments are extra and do not reduce any other benefits the family or officer gets, including workers’ compensation under chapter 81 of title 5.

Title 2, §1954

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(a)The Capitol Police Board shall administer and manage the Fund (including establishing the timing and manner of making payments under section 1952 of this title) in accordance with regulations issued by the Board, subject to the approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives. Under such regulations, the Board shall pay any balance remaining in the Fund upon the expiration of the 6-month period which begins on August 7, 1998, to the families of Detective John Michael Gibson and Private First Class Jacob Joseph Chestnut in accordance with section 1952 of this title, and shall disburse any amounts in the Fund after the expiration of such period in such manner as the Board may establish. Under such regulations, and using amounts in the Fund, a financial adviser or trustee, as appropriate, for the families of Detective John Michael Gibson and Private First Class Jacob Joseph Chestnut of the United States Capitol Police shall be appointed to advise the families respecting disbursements to them of amounts in the Fund.

(b)In carrying out subsection (a), the Capitol Police Board shall issue specific regulations governing the use of the Fund for making payments to families of employees of the United States Capitol Police who were killed in the line of duty and employees of the United States Capitol Police who have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries (as authorized under section 1952(b) of this title), including regulations—

(1)establishing the conditions under which the family of an employee or an employee is eligible to receive such a payment;

(2)providing for the amount, timing, and manner of such payments; and

(3)ensuring that any such payment is in addition to, and does not otherwise affect, any other form of compensation payable to the family of an employee or the employee, including benefits for workers’ compensation under chapter 81 of title 5.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was classified to section 207c–3 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 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on House Oversight of House of Representatives changed to Committee on House Administration of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999.

§1954 Administration by Capitol Police Board