In the Senate of the United States, 

May 14, 2010. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 2711) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend title 5, United 

States Code, to provide for the transportation of the dependents, remains, and effects of certain Federal employees who 

die while performing official duties or as a result of the performance of official duties.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENTS: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 

following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Special Agent Samuel 

3 Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION AND MOVING EXPENSES FOR IM5 MEDIATE FAMILY OF CERTAIN DECEASED 

6 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 57 of title 

8 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 

9 5724c the following: 
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1 ‘‘§ 5724d. Transportation and moving expenses for im2 mediate family of certain deceased Fed3 eral employees 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Under regulations prescribed by 

5 the President, the head of the agency concerned (or a des6 ignee) may determine that a covered employee died as a 

7 result of personal injury sustained while in the performance 

8 of the employee’s duty and authorize or approve the pay9 ment by the agency, from Government funds, of— 

10 ‘‘(1) any qualified expense of the immediate fam11 ily of the covered employee attributable to a change 

12 in their place of residence, if the place where the im13 mediate family will reside following the death of the 

14 employee is— 

15 ‘‘(A) different from the place where the im16 mediate family resided at the time of the employ17 ee’s death; and 

18 ‘‘(B) within the United States; and 

19 ‘‘(2) any expense of preparing and transporting 

20 the remains of the deceased to— 

21 ‘‘(A) the place where the immediate family 

22 will reside following the death of the employee; or 

23 ‘‘(B) such other place appropriate for inter24 ment as is determined by the agency head (or 

25 designee). 
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1 ‘‘(b) NO DUPLICATE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.—No ex2 penses may be paid under this section if those expenses are 

3 paid from Government funds under section 5742 or any 

4 other authority. 

5 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 

6 ‘‘(1) the term ‘covered employee’ means— 

7 ‘‘(A) a law enforcement officer, as defined 

8 in section 5541; 

9 ‘‘(B) any employee in or under the Federal 

10 Bureau of Investigation who is not described in 

11 subparagraph (A); and 

12 ‘‘(C) a customs and border protection offi13 cer, as defined in section 8331(31); and 

14 ‘‘(2) the term ‘qualified expense’, as used with re15 spect to an immediate family changing its place of 

16 residence, means the transportation expenses of the 

17 immediate family, the expenses of moving (including 

18 transporting, packing, crating, temporarily storing, 

19 draying, and unpacking) the household goods and 

20 personal effects of such immediate family, not in ex21 cess of 18,000 pounds net weight, and, when author22 ized or approved by the agency head (or designee), the 

23 transportation of 1 privately owned motor vehicle.’’. 

24 (b) NO RELEVANCE AS TO COMPENSATION CLAIMS.— 

25 No determination made under section 5724d of title 5, 
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1 United States Code, shall be deemed relevant to or be con2 sidered in connection with any claim for compensation 

3 under chapter 81 of that title or under any other law under 

4 which compensation may be provided on account of death 

5 or personal injury, nor shall any determination made with 

6 respect to any such claim be deemed relevant to or be con7 sidered in connection with any request for payment of ex8 penses under such section 5724d. 

9 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 

10 chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 

11 inserting after the item relating to section 5724c the fol12 lowing: 

‘‘Sec. 5724d. Transportation and moving expenses for immediate family of certain deceased Federal employees.’’. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to amend 

title 5, United States Code, to provide for the transportation and moving expenses for the immediate family of 

certain Federal employees who die in the performance of 

their duties.’’. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 2711 

AMENDMENTS