[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2881 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2881

To provide compensation to relatives of Foreign Service members killed 
  in the line of duty and the relatives of United States citizens who 
were killed as a result of the bombing of the United States Embassy in 
            Kenya on August 7, 1998, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 9, 2011

Mr. West (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
 Moran, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Ms. 
Brown of Florida, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
Harper, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Ms. Lee of 
California, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Rivera, 
  Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Walsh of Illinois, and Mr. Grimm) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
 and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide compensation to relatives of Foreign Service members killed 
  in the line of duty and the relatives of United States citizens who 
were killed as a result of the bombing of the United States Embassy in 
            Kenya on August 7, 1998, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Foreign Service Line of Duty Death 
Gratuity Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. DEATH GRATUITY.

    Subsection (a) of section 413 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 3973) is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting ``or 
$100,000, whichever is greater'' after ``one year's salary at the time 
of death''.

SEC. 3. INCREASED GROUP LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS APPLICABLE TO THOSE 
              KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 4 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 3961 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:

``SEC. 415. INCREASED GROUP LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS APPLICABLE TO THOSE 
              KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

    ``Notwithstanding the amounts specified in chapter 87 of title 5, 
United States Code, a Foreign Service employee (as such term is defined 
in section 413) or Government executive branch employee who is subject 
to the authority of the chief of mission pursuant to section 207 and is 
killed as a result of an act of violence in the line of duty, as 
determined by the Secretary, in an operation or area that the Secretary 
of State designates, in writing, as a combat operation or a zone of 
combat shall be deemed to be insured under such chapter for $400,000 if 
such amount is greater than the amount for which such employee is 
otherwise insured under such chapter.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 2 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 414 the following new item:

``Sec. 415. Increased group life insurance benefits applicable to those 
                            killed in the line of duty.''.

SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION.

    (a) Compensation Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--
                    (A) Requirement.--Notwithstanding the amount 
                specified in subsection (a) of section 413 of the 
                Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended by section 2 of 
                this Act, the Secretary of State shall provide a death 
                gratuity payment under such section in the amount 
                specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection to the 
                surviving dependents of a Foreign Service employee (as 
                such term is defined in such section 413) or a 
                Government executive branch employee subject to the 
                authority of the chief of mission pursuant to section 
                207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, or to an 
                individual otherwise serving at a United States 
                diplomatic or consular mission abroad without a regular 
                salary, who was killed in the August 7, 1998, bombing 
                of the United States Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.
                    (B) Deadlines.--Subject to available 
                appropriations, the Secretary of State--
                            (i) shall make a partial payment of the 
                        death gratuity payment to eligible individuals 
                        not later than 180 days after the date of the 
                        enactment of this Act; and
                            (ii) is authorized to make additional 
                        partial payments, as appropriations become 
                        available, until the compensation level 
                        required under paragraph (2) has been 
                        satisfied.
                    (C) Minimum payment.--The amount of the payment 
                under subparagraph (B)(i) shall be equal to or greater 
                than the $4,000,000 previously appropriated for such 
                purpose by title I of the Department of State, Foreign 
                Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
                2008 (division J of Public Law 110-161; 121 Stat. 2277) 
                under the heading ``Diplomatic and consular programs''.
            (2) Compensation level.--
                    (A) Salary multiple.--A payment pursuant to 
                paragraph (1) of a death gratuity payment under section 
                413 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 shall be in an 
                amount equal to ten times the salary specified in 
                subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Calculation of salary.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, the salary of an individual used to 
                determine payments under such section shall be $94,000.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of State such sums as may be necessary 
for purposes of making payments under this section, including amounts 
appropriated by title I of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (division J of Public Law 
110-161; 121 Stat. 2277) under the heading ``diplomatic and consular 
programs''.
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