2 USC 1952 - Payments from Fund for families of Detective Gibson and Private First Class Chestnut and certain other United States Capitol Police employees

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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

(a)

In general

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)

Payments for employees killed in the line of duty or sustaining serious line-of-duty injuries

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.

(Pub. L. 105–223, § 2, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1250; Pub. L. 115–45, § 2(a), Aug. 4, 2017, 131 Stat. 956.)

cite as: 2 USC 1952