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This bill, called the "Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act", amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand public safety officers' death benefits to include Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees. Specifically, the bill adds a new category of eligible recipients to the existing law: TSA employees who are performing official duties related to protecting the nation's transportation systems and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce. The amendments will apply retroactively to injuries sustained by such TSA employees on or after October 31, 2013. This means that if a TSA employee dies or is injured while performing these critical transportation security duties, their family may now be eligible to receive death benefits previously available only to other types of public safety officers, such as police and firefighters. The bill recognizes the important and potentially dangerous work of TSA employees in maintaining national transportation security.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1159/all-info