IIB 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2711 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 9, 2009 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

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. 

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 ‘‘Special Agent Samuel 

3 Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act’’. 

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

5 EFFECTS OF CERTAIN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 

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

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

8 section 5724c the following: 

9 ‘‘§ 5724d. Transportation of dependents, remains, and 

10 effects of certain Federal employees 

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

12 under section 5738 and when the head of the agency con13 cerned (or a designee thereof) authorizes or approves, if 

14 a covered employee dies while performing official duties 

15 or as a result of the performance of official duties, the 

16 agency may pay from Government funds— 

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

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

19 will reside following the death of the employee is— 

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

21 family resided at the time of the employee’s 

22 death; and 

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

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

25 the remains of the deceased to— 


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

2 will reside following the death of the employee; 

3 or 

4 ‘‘(B) such other place, appropriate for in5 terment, as is determined by the agency head 

6 (or designee). 

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

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

9 to a family changing its place of residence, means the mov10 ing expenses, transportation expenses, and relocation ex11 penses of the family which are attributable to the change 

12 in place of residence. 

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

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

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

16 by section 5541; and 

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

18 Bureau of Investigation who is not described in 

19 subparagraph (A); 

20 ‘‘(2) the term ‘moving expenses’, as used with 

21 respect to a family, includes the expenses of trans22 porting, packing, crating, temporarily storing, 

23 draying, and unpacking the household goods and 

24 personal effects of such family, not in excess of 

25 18,000 pounds net weight; and 


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1 ‘‘(3) the term ‘relocation expenses’ has the 

2 meaning given such term under regulations pre3 scribed under section 5738, including relocation ex4 penses and relocation services described in sections 

5 5724a and 5724c, respectively.’’. 

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.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 8, 

2009. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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