S.Amdt. 4754

SA 4754. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4751 proposed by Mr. Reid (for Mr. Gregg (for himself and Mr. Kennedy)) to the bill H.R. 980, to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in section 8(a) of the amendment, insert the following:

“(_) to apply to a public safety agency that is established prior to the date of enactment of this Act under applicable State law that has a chief law enforcement officer who has the authority to, in a manner independent of other State and local entities, establish and maintain its own budget and levy taxes for the operation of such agency (the term ‘chief law enforcement officer' as used in this paragraph means an elected sheriff who is identified in State law as the ex-officio Chief Law Enforcement Officer of a law enforcement district);”.