[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5721 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5721

To amend the Defense Base Act (42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.) to require death 
benefits to be paid to a deceased employee's designated beneficiary or 
 next of kin in the case of death resulting from a war-risk hazard or 
       act of terrorism occurring on or after September 11, 2001.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2014

  Mr. Lynch introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Defense Base Act (42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.) to require death 
benefits to be paid to a deceased employee's designated beneficiary or 
 next of kin in the case of death resulting from a war-risk hazard or 
       act of terrorism occurring on or after September 11, 2001.

    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 ``Overseas Security Personnel Fairness 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFENSE BASE ACT AMENDMENTS RELATING TO DEATH BENEFITS.

    The Defense Base Act (42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 6. DEATH BENEFITS.

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of a person covered by this Act who 
dies as a result of a war-risk hazard or act of terrorism, if there is 
no person eligible for a death benefit of the deceased under section 9 
of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 909), 
then the benefits provided under section 9(b) of such Act to a widow or 
widower of the deceased shall be paid--
            ``(1) to a beneficiary designated by the deceased; or
            ``(2) if there is no designated beneficiary, to the next of 
        kin or the estate of the deceased under applicable State law.
    ``(b) Payment of Benefits.--Benefits found to be due under this 
section shall be paid from the compensation fund established pursuant 
to section 8147 of title 5, United States Code.
    ``(c) War-Risk Hazard Defined.--In this section, the term `war-risk 
hazard' has the meaning provided in section 201(b) of the War Hazards 
Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 1711(b)).
    ``(d) Effective Date.--The death benefit payable under this section 
shall apply with respect to deaths occurring on or after September 11, 
2001.''.
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