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Union Calendar No. 155 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2711 

[Report No. 111–274] 

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. 

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 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 

Additional sponsors: Mr. CHAFFETZ and Ms. SHEA-PORTER

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 


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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. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘FBI Families of Fallen 

5 Heroes Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION OF DEPENDENTS, REMAINS, AND 

7 EFFECTS OF CERTAIN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 

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

9 title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

10 section 5724c the following: 

11 ‘‘§ 5724d. Transportation of dependents, remains, and 

12 effects of certain Federal employees 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Under regulations prescribed 

14 under section 5738 and to the extent that the Attorney 

15 General (or a designee) authorizes or approves, if an em16 ployee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation dies while 

17 performing official duties or as a result of the performance 

18 of official duties, the Department of Justice may pay from 

19 Government funds— 

20 ‘‘(1) the qualified expenses of the immediate 

21 family of the employee, if the place where the family 

22 will reside following the death of the employee is— 

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

24 family resided at the time of the employee’s 

25 death; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) within the continental United States; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(2) the expenses of preparing and transporting 

4 the remains of the deceased to— 

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

6 will reside following the death of the employee; 

7 or 

8 ‘‘(B) such other place, appropriate for in9 terment, as is determined by the Attorney Gen10 eral (or designee). 

11 ‘‘(b) QUALIFIED EXPENSES.—For purposes of this 

12 section, the term ‘qualified expenses’, as used with respect 

13 to a family changing its place of residence, means the mov14 ing expenses, transportation expenses, and relocation ex15 penses of the family which are attributable to the change 

16 in place of residence. 

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

18 ‘‘(1) the term ‘moving expenses’, as used with 

19 respect to a family, includes the expenses of trans20 porting, packing, crating, temporarily storing, 

21 draying, and unpacking the household goods and 

22 personal effects of such family, not in excess of 

23 18,000 pounds net weight; and 

24 ‘‘(2) the term ‘relocation expenses’ has the 

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1 scribed under section 5738, including relocation ex2 penses and relocation services described in sections 

3 5724a and 5724c, respectively; and.’’. 

4 ‘‘(3) the term ‘continental United States’ has 

5 the meaning given such term by section 5701(6).’’. 

6 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap7 ter 57 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by insert8 ing after the item relating to section 5724c the following: 

‘‘5724d. Transportation of dependents, remains, and effects of certain Federal 

employees.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 155 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2711 

[Report No. 111–274] 

A BILL 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide 

result of the performance of official duties. who die while performing official duties or as a mains, and effects of certain Federal employees for the transportation of the dependents, reSEPTEMBER 29, 2009 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Nov 24 2008 01:39 Sep 30, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H2711.RH H2711

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