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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Service Line 

3 of Duty Death Gratuity Act of 2011’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEATH GRATUITY. 

5 Subsection (a) of section 413 of the Foreign Service 

6 Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3973) is amended, in the first 

7 sentence, by inserting ‘‘or $100,000, whichever is greater’’ 

8 after ‘‘one year’s salary at the time of death’’. 

9 SEC. 3. INCREASED GROUP LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS AP10 PLICABLE TO THOSE KILLED IN THE LINE OF 

11 DUTY. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of the Foreign Service 

13 Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3961 et seq.) is amended by add14 ing at the end the following new section: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 415. INCREASED GROUP LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS 

16 APPLICABLE TO THOSE KILLED IN THE LINE 

17 OF DUTY. 

18 ‘‘Notwithstanding the amounts specified in chapter 

19 87 of title 5, United States Code, a Foreign Service em20 ployee (as such term is defined in section 413) or Govern21 ment executive branch employee who is subject to the au22 thority of the chief of mission pursuant to section 207 and 

23 is killed as a result of an act of violence in the line of 

24 duty, as determined by the Secretary, in an operation or 

25 area that the Secretary of State designates, in writing, as 

26 a combat operation or a zone of combat shall be deemed 


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1 to be insured under such chapter for $400,000 if such 

2 amount is greater than the amount for which such em3 ployee is otherwise insured under such chapter.’’. 

4 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

5 in section 2 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended 

6 by inserting after the item relating to section 414 the fol7 lowing new item: 

‘‘Sec. 415. Increased group life insurance benefits applicable to those killed in 

the line of duty.’’. 

8 SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION. 

9 (a) COMPENSATION REQUIREMENT.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.— 

11 (A) REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding the 

12 amount specified in subsection (a) of section 

13 413 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as 

14 amended by section 2 of this Act, the Secretary 

15 of State shall provide a death gratuity payment 

16 under such section in the amount specified in 

17 paragraph (2) of this subsection to the sur18 viving dependents of a Foreign Service em19 ployee (as such term is defined in such section 

20 413) or a Government executive branch em21 ployee subject to the authority of the chief of 

22 mission pursuant to section 207 of the Foreign 

23 Service Act of 1980, or to an individual other24 wise serving at a United States diplomatic or 


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1 consular mission abroad without a regular sal2 ary, who was killed in the August 7, 1998, 

3 bombing of the United States Embassy in 

4 Nairobi, Kenya. 

5 (B) DEADLINES.—Subject to available ap6 propriations, the Secretary of State— 

7 (i) shall make a partial payment of 

8 the death gratuity payment to eligible indi9 viduals not later than 180 days after the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act; and 

11 (ii) is authorized to make additional 

12 partial payments, as appropriations become 

13 available, until the compensation level re14 quired under paragraph (2) has been satis15 fied. 

16 (C) MINIMUM PAYMENT.—The amount of 

17 the payment under subparagraph (B)(i) shall be 

18 equal to or greater than the $4,000,000 pre19 viously appropriated for such purpose by title I 

20 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper21 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations 

22 Act, 2008 (division J of Public Law 110–161; 

23 121 Stat. 2277) under the heading ‘‘DIPLO24 MATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS’’. 

25 (2) COMPENSATION LEVEL.— 


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1 (A) SALARY MULTIPLE.—A payment pur2 suant to paragraph (1) of a death gratuity pay3 ment under section 413 of the Foreign Service 

4 Act of 1980 shall be in an amount equal to ten 

5 times the salary specified in subparagraph (B). 

6 (B) CALCULATION OF SALARY.—For pur7 poses of this paragraph, the salary of an indi8 vidual used to determine payments under such 

9 section shall be $94,000. 

10 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

11 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 

12 such sums as may be necessary for purposes of making 

13 payments under this section, including amounts appro14 priated by title I of the Department of State, Foreign Op15 erations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 

16 (division J of Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2277) under 

17 the heading ‘‘DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS’’. 

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