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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2711 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2711

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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2009

    Mr. Rogers of Michigan (for himself, Mr. Foster, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
  Kratovil, Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Arizona, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Cummings, Mr. 
    Bilbray, and Mr. Wolf) introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL

 
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.

    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 ``FBI Families of Fallen Heroes Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION OF DEPENDENTS, REMAINS, AND EFFECTS OF CERTAIN 
              FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 57 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5724c the following:
``Sec. 5724d. Transportation of dependents, remains, and effects of 
              certain Federal employees
    ``(a) In General.--Under regulations prescribed under section 5738 
and to the extent that the Attorney General (or a designee) authorizes 
or approves, if an employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation dies 
while performing official duties or as a result of the performance of 
official duties, the Department of Justice may pay from Government 
funds--
            ``(1) the qualified expenses of the immediate family of the 
        employee, if the place where the family will reside following 
        the death of the employee is--
                    ``(A) different from the place where the family 
                resided at the time of the employee's death; and
                    ``(B) within the continental United States; and
            ``(2) the expenses of preparing and transporting the 
        remains of the deceased to--
                    ``(A) the place where the immediate family will 
                reside following the death of the employee; or
                    ``(B) such other place, appropriate for interment, 
                as is determined by the Attorney General (or designee).
    ``(b) Qualified Expenses.--For purposes of this section, the term 
`qualified expenses', as used with respect to a family changing its 
place of residence, means the moving expenses, transportation expenses, 
and relocation expenses of the family which are attributable to the 
change in place of residence.
    ``(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) the term `moving expenses', as used with respect to a 
        family, includes the expenses of transporting, packing, 
        crating, temporarily storing, draying, and unpacking the 
        household goods and personal effects of such family, not in 
        excess of 18,000 pounds net weight;
            ``(2) the term `relocation expenses' has the meaning given 
        such term under regulations prescribed under section 5738, 
        including relocation expenses and relocation services described 
        in sections 5724a and 5724c, respectively; and
            ``(3) the term `continental United States' has the meaning 
        given such term by section 5701(6).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 57 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 5724c the following:

``5724d. Transportation of dependents, remains, and effects of certain 
                            Federal employees.''.
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