3.0.0 2828 2023-01-12T17:52:57Z 2023-01-12T17:52:57Z House H HR 2007-06-22 110 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Markup by 2007-09-26T20:47:12Z Referred to 2007-06-22T13:02:10Z 2007-10-04 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 403. Calendars 2007-10-03 Senate Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2007-10-02 17:16:22 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2007-10-02 17:16:21 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 12 (Roll no. 930). (text: CR H11096) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 930 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll930.xml House 110 2007-10-02T21:16:21Z 1 2007-10-02 17:16:21 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 12 (Roll no. 930).(text: CR H11096) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 930 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll930.xml House 110 2007-10-02T21:16:21Z 1 2007-10-02 17:11:13 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H11127-11128) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2007-10-02 12:45:18 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. Floor H37220 2 House floor actions 2007-10-02 12:22:28 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2828. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2007-10-02 12:22:25 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11096-11099) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2007-10-02 12:21:38 Mr. Payne moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2007-09-26 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. Committee 2007-09-26 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2007-06-22 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2007-06-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000283 Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] JESSE JACKSON D IL L. 2 N B000575 Rep. 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Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] EDDIE JOHNSON D TX BERNICE 30 2007-08-03 False C001049 Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] WM. CLAY D MO LACY 1 2007-08-03 False C000984 Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] ELIJAH CUMMINGS D MD E. 7 2007-08-03 False K000210 Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3] PETER KING R NY T. 3 2007-08-03 False R000462 Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] STEVEN ROTHMAN D NJ R. 9 2007-08-03 False C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2007-10-01 False M001147 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] Thaddeus McCotter R MI G. 11 2007-10-01 False N000002 Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] JERROLD NADLER D NY 8 2007-10-01 False M001157 Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] Michael McCaul R TX T. 10 2007-10-01 False International Affairs Africa (Sub-Saharan) Aliens Americans in foreign countries Bombings Compensation (Law) Crime and Law Enforcement Department of State Diplomats Embassies Families Federal employees Foreign service Government Operations and Politics Kenya Labor and Employment Law Salaries Survivors' benefits Tanzania Terrorism Victims of terrorism International Affairs 00 2007-06-22 Introduced in House 2007-07-26T20:12:41Z Authorizes the Secretary of State to provide compensation to relatives of U.S. citizens who were killed in the U.S. embassy bombings in East Africa on August 7, 1998.

]]> 36 2007-10-02 Passed House amended 2007-10-26T21:03:13Z Authorizes the Secretary of State or the head of a relevant agency to make an additional payment to the surviving dependents of a Foreign Service employee or a government executive branch employee killed as a result of an act of international terrorism in an amount equal to a maximum of eight times such employee's salary.

Provides compensation retroactively to the families of each person killed in a terrorist act while serving on a U.S. diplomatic or consular mission abroad between Jan. 1, 1998, and the bill’s enactment, including the victims of the August 1998 bombing in Nairobi, Kenya.

States that with respect to a U.S. citizen such amount shall be 10 times the salary amount of $94,000 ($940,000).

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