[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1364 Introduced in Senate (IS)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1364

    To amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to 
 authorize the payment of expenses after the death of certain Federal 
                   employees in the State of Alaska.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 26, 2003

 Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to 
 authorize the payment of expenses after the death of certain Federal 
                   employees in the State of Alaska.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES AFTER THE DEATH OF CERTAIN FEDERAL 
              EMPLOYEES IN THE STATE OF ALASKA.

    Section 1308 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
(16 U.S.C. 3198) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Payment of Expenses After Death of an Employee.--
            ``(1) Definition of immediate family member.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``immediate family member'' means a person 
        related to a deceased employee that was a member of the 
        household of the deceased employee at the time of death.
            ``(2) Payments.--If an employee appointed under the program 
        established by subsection (a) dies in the performance of any 
        assigned duties on or after October 1, 2002, the Secretary 
        may--
                    ``(A) pay reasonable expenses for the preparation 
                and transportation of the remains of the deceased 
                employee to a location in the State of Alaska which is 
                selected by the surviving head of household of the 
                deceased employee;
                    ``(B) pay reasonable expenses for transporting 
                immediate family members and the baggage and household 
                goods of the deceased employee and immediate family 
                members to a community in the State of Alaska which is 
                selected by the surviving head of household of the 
                deceased employee.''.
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