[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2711 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2711


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 9, 2009

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the transportation 
 of the dependents, remains, and effects of certain Federal employees 
    who die while performing official duties or as a result of the 
                    performance of official duties.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families 
of Fallen Heroes Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION OF DEPENDENTS, REMAINS, AND EFFECTS OF CERTAIN 
              FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 57 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5724c the following:
``Sec. 5724d. Transportation of dependents, remains, and effects of 
              certain Federal employees
    ``(a) In General.--Under regulations prescribed under section 5738 
and when the head of the agency concerned (or a designee thereof) 
authorizes or approves, if a covered employee dies while performing 
official duties or as a result of the performance of official duties, 
the agency may pay from Government funds--
            ``(1) the qualified expenses of the immediate family of the 
        employee, if the place where the family will reside following 
        the death of the employee is--
                    ``(A) different from the place where the family 
                resided at the time of the employee's death; and
                    ``(B) within the United States; and
            ``(2) the expenses of preparing and transporting the 
        remains of the deceased to--
                    ``(A) the place where the immediate family will 
                reside following the death of the employee; or
                    ``(B) such other place, appropriate for interment, 
                as is determined by the agency head (or designee).
    ``(b) Qualified Expenses.--For purposes of this section, the term 
`qualified expenses', as used with respect to a family changing its 
place of residence, means the moving expenses, transportation expenses, 
and relocation expenses of the family which are attributable to the 
change in place of residence.
    ``(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) the term `covered employee' means--
                    ``(A) a law enforcement officer, as defined by 
                section 5541; and
                    ``(B) any employee in or under the Federal Bureau 
                of Investigation who is not described in subparagraph 
                (A);
            ``(2) the term `moving expenses', as used with respect to a 
        family, includes the expenses of transporting, packing, 
        crating, temporarily storing, draying, and unpacking the 
        household goods and personal effects of such family, not in 
        excess of 18,000 pounds net weight; and
            ``(3) the term `relocation expenses' has the meaning given 
        such term under regulations prescribed under section 5738, 
        including relocation expenses and relocation services described 
        in sections 5724a and 5724c, respectively.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 57 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 5724c the following:

``5724d. Transportation of dependents, remains, and effects of certain 
                            Federal employees.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 8, 2009.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.