[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2374 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2374

To amend the Defense Base Act 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 8, 2015

Mr. Markey (for himself and Ms. Warren) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Defense Base Act 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 ``Glen Anthony Doherty Overseas 
Security Personnel Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFENSE BASE ACT AMENDMENT 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 by 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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