H. R. 2711 

One Hundred Eleventh Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 

the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten 

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. 

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 ‘‘Special Agent Samuel Hicks 

Families of Fallen Heroes Act’’. 

SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION AND MOVING EXPENSES FOR IMMEDIATE 

FAMILY OF CERTAIN DECEASED 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: 

‘‘§ 5724d. Transportation and moving expenses for immediate 

family of certain deceased Federal employees 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Under regulations prescribed by the President, the head of the agency concerned (or a designee) may determine that a covered employee died as a result of personal injury 

sustained while in the performance of the employee’s duty and 

authorize or approve the payment by the agency, from Government 

funds, of— 

‘‘(1) any qualified expense of the immediate family of the 

covered employee attributable to a change in their place of 

residence, if the place where the immediate family will reside 

following the death of the employee is— 

‘‘(A) different from the place where the immediate 

family resided at the time of the employee’s death; and 

‘‘(B) within the United States; and 

‘‘(2) any expense 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 agency head (or designee). 

‘‘(b) NO DUPLICATE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.—No expenses may 

be paid under this section if those expenses are paid from Government funds under section 5742 or any other authority. 

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

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

‘‘(A) a law enforcement officer, as defined in section 

5541; 
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‘‘(B) any employee in or under the Federal Bureau 

of Investigation who is not described in subparagraph (A); 

and 

‘‘(C) a customs and border protection officer, as defined 

in section 8331(31); and 

‘‘(2) the term ‘qualified expense’, as used with respect to 

an immediate family changing its place of residence, means 

the transportation expenses of the immediate family, the 

expenses of moving (including transporting, packing, crating, 

temporarily storing, draying, and unpacking) the household 

goods and personal effects of such immediate family, not in 

excess of 18,000 pounds net weight, and, when authorized 

or approved by the agency head (or designee), the transportation of 1 privately owned motor vehicle.’’. 

(b) NO RELEVANCE AS TO COMPENSATION CLAIMS.—No determination made under section 5724d of title 5, United States Code, 

shall be deemed relevant to or be considered in connection with 

any claim for compensation under chapter 81 of that title or under 

any other law under which compensation may be provided on 

account of death or personal injury, nor shall any determination 

made with respect to any such claim be deemed relevant to or 

be considered in connection with any request for payment of 

expenses under such section 5724d. 

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

57 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

the item relating to section 5724c the following: 

‘‘Sec. 5724d. Transportation and moving expenses for immediate family of certain 

deceased Federal employees.’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.