United States HR 8802: To provide compensation to law enforcement officers who defended the United States Capitol during the events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and for other purposes.

Bill Text

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119THCONGRESS 
2
DSESSION 
H. R. 8802 
To  provide  compensation  to  law  enforcement  officers  who  defended  the  United  
States  Capitol  during  the  events  that  occurred  at  or  near  the  United  
States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and for other purposes. 
IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  
MAY13, 2026 
Mr.  R
ASKIN(for  himself,  Ms.  ELFRETH,  Ms.  NORTON,  Ms.  CHU,  Ms.  WILSON 
of  Florida,  Mr.  L
YNCH,  Ms.  SIMON,  Mr.  CISNEROS,  Mr.  SUOZZI,  Mr.  
W
ALKINSHAW,  Ms.  PETTERSEN,  Mr.  CORREA,  Ms.  KAMLAGER-DOVE, 
Mrs.  M
CBATH,  Mr.  NEAL,  Ms.  DEANof  Pennsylvania,  Mr.  THOMPSON 
of  Mississippi,  Mr.  N
ADLER,  Mr.  CARBAJAL,  Ms.  JAYAPAL,  Mr.  MULLIN, 
Mr.  M
ANNION,  Mrs.  BEATTY,  Mrs.  WATSONCOLEMAN,  Mr.  COHEN,  Mr.  
K
ENNEDYof  New  York,  Mr.  SUBRAMANYAM,  Mr.  GOLDMANof  New  
York,  Mrs.  F
LETCHER,  Mr.  CARSON,  Mr.  JOHNSONof  Georgia,  Ms.  
S
CANLON,  Ms.  KELLYof  Illinois,  Ms.  RANDALL,  Mr.  MORELLE,  Mrs.  
M
CCLAINDELANEY,  Ms.  SALINAS,  Ms.  PELOSI,  Ms.  CROCKETT,  Mr.  
T
HANEDAR,  Mr.  LIEU,  Ms.  LOFGREN,  Ms.  ROSS,  Mr.  GARAMENDI,  Mr.  
A
GUILAR,  Mr.  FIGURES,  Mr.  NEGUSE,  Ms.  BALINT,  Mr.  OLSZEWSKI,  and  
Ms.  E
SCOBAR)  introduced  the  following  bill;  which  was  referred  to  the  
Committee on the Judiciary 
A  BILL  
To  provide  compensation  to  law  enforcement  officers  who  
defended  the  United  States  Capitol  during  the  events  
that  occurred  at  or  near  the  United  States  Capitol  on  
January 6, 2021, and for other purposes. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This  Act  may  be  cited  as  the  ‘‘January  6th  Law  En-2
forcement Heroes Compensation Fund Act’’. 3
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 4
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 5
(1)  C
LAIMANT.—The  term  ‘‘claimant’’  means  6
an  individual  filing  a  claim  for  compensation  under  7
section 5(a)(1). 8
(2)  C
OLLATERAL   SOURCE.—The  term  ‘‘collat-9
eral  source’’  means  all  collateral  sources,  including  10
life   insurance,   pension   funds,   death   benefit   pro-11
grams,  and  payments  by  Federal,  State,  or  local  12
governments  related  to  the  events  that  occurred  at  13
or  near  the  United  States  Capitol  on  January  6,  14
2021. 15
(3)   E
CONOMICLOSS.—The   term   ‘‘economic   16
loss’’  means  any  pecuniary  loss  resulting  from  harm  17
(including  the  loss  of  earnings  or  other  benefits  re-18
lated  to  employment,  medical  expense  loss,  replace-19
ment  services  loss,  loss  due  to  death,  including  sui-20
cide  or  any  other  death  that  is  reasonably  attrib-21
utable  to  the  claimant’s  service  on  January  6,  2021,  22
burial  costs,  and  loss  of  business  or  employment  op-23
portunities) to the extent recovery for such loss is al-24
lowed under applicable State law. 25
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(4)  ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUAL.—The  term  ‘‘eligible  1
individual’’ means an individual determined to be eli-2
gible for compensation under section 5(c). 3
(5)  N
ONECONOMIC   LOSSES.—The  term  ‘‘non-4
economic  losses’’  means  losses  for  physical,  emo-5
tional, and psychological pain, suffering, physical im-6
pairment,  mental  anguish,  post  traumatic  stress  dis-7
order,  disfigurement,  loss  of  enjoyment  of  life,  loss  8
of  society  and  companionship,  loss  of  consortium  9
(other  than  loss  of  domestic  service),  hedonic  dam-10
ages,  injury  to  reputation,  and  all  other  nonpecu-11
niary losses of any kind or nature. 12
(6)  S
PECIAL  MASTER.—The  term  ‘‘Special  Mas-13
ter’’  means  the  Special  Master  appointed  under  sec-14
tion 4(a). 15
SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 16
It  is  the  purpose  of  this  Act  to  provide  compensation  17
to  law  enforcement  officers  who  defended  the  United  18
States  Capitol  during  the  events  that  occurred  at  or  near  19
the  United  States  Capitol  on  January  6,  2021,  and  to  20
compensate  those  officers  who  were  injured,  including  21
mental  or  emotional  injury,  or  who  lost  their  lives  as  a  22
result of such attack. 23
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SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 1
(a)   I
NGENERAL.—The   Attorney   General,   acting   2
through  a  Special  Master  appointed  by  the  Attorney  Gen-3
eral, shall— 4
(1)  administer  the  compensation  program  es-5
tablished