1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting America’s First Responders Act . 2. Payment of death and disability benefits under the Public Safety Officers’ Death Benefits Program Section 1201 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10281 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: , unless the claim under this subsection has been pending for more than 1 year, in which case the amount payable shall be the amount that would be payable if the catastrophic injury occurred on the date on which the Bureau makes a final determination that the public safety officer is entitled to a benefit payment under this subsection. ; (2) in subsection (c), by striking $3,000 and inserting $6,000, adjusted in accordance with subsection (h), ; (3) in subsection (h), by inserting and the level of the interim benefit payable immediately before such October 1 under subsection (c) after subsection (a) ; (4) by striking subsection (i) and inserting the following: (i) The amount payable under subsection (a), with respect to the death of a public safety officer, shall be the greater of— (1) the amount payable under that subsection as of the date of death of the public safety officer; or (2) the amount that would be payable under that subsection if the death of the public safety officer occurred on the date on which the Bureau makes a final determination that the public safety officer is entitled to a benefit payment under that subsection. ; and (5) in subsection (m), by inserting , (b), after subsection (a) . 3. Definitions for the purposes of the Public Safety Officers’ Death Benefits Program Section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10284 ) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: (1) catastrophic injury means an injury, the direct and proximate consequences of which— (A) permanently prevent an individual from performing any gainful work