# 115-hr-3569: Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2017

115-hr-3569, Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2017, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by MICHAEL CAPUANO (D-MA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-3569
- Congress: 115
- Title: Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2017
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Introduced: 2017-07-28
- Sponsor: MICHAEL CAPUANO (D-MA)
- Cosponsors: 26
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2017 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the definition of public safety officer for purposes of the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program to include a campus police officer who is employed by an institution of higher education and authorized to enforce criminal laws. Specifically, the bill extends death, disability, or education benefits to a campus police officer or survivors of a campus police officer who dies or becomes disabled as a result of an injury sustained in the line of duty on or after April 15, 2013.

## Cosponsors (26)

- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] (D-TX), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] (D-MA), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- PETER KING (R-NY), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1] (D-MA), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3] (D-MA), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA), 2018-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2018-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2018-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2018-03-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2018-03-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2018-03-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] (R-OK), 2018-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3] (R-NJ), 2018-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2018-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] (D-TX), 2018-06-13T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-3569 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3569)

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