[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3193 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3193

 To amend the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to improve death 
   gratuities paid to the survivors of certain deceased officers and 
             employees of the Central Intelligence Agency.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 12, 2017

  Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to improve death 
   gratuities paid to the survivors of certain deceased officers and 
             employees of the Central Intelligence Agency.

    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 ``Gregg Wenzel Clandestine Heroes 
Parity Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVED DEATH GRATUITIES FOR CERTAIN DECEASED OFFICERS AND 
              EMPLOYEES OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.

    (a) In General.--Section 11 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act 
of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3511) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
    ``(3) If the Director determines that the deceased officer or 
employee of the Agency does not have a surviving dependent, the 
Director shall make the payment under paragraph (1) to the next of kin 
of the deceased officer or employee, if any.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``in an amount equal 
        to'' and inserting ``the greater of $100,000 or''.
    (b) Application.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) of subsection 
(a) shall apply with respect to officers and employees of the Central 
Intelligence Agency who die before, on, or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and the amendment made by paragraph (2) of such 
subsection shall apply with respect to officers and employees of the 
Central Intelligence Agency who die on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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