I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2881 
To provide compensation to relatives of Foreign Service members killed in 
the line of duty and the relatives of United States citizens who were 
killed as a result of the bombing of the United States Embassy in 
Kenya on August 7, 1998, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 
Mr. WEST (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. 
MORAN, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, 
Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. 
TOWNS, Mr. HARPER, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. HASTINGS of 
Washington, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. 
KING of New York, Mr. RIVERA, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. WALSH of Illinois, 
and Mr. GRIMM) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide compensation to relatives of Foreign Service 
members killed in the line of duty and the relatives 
of United States citizens who were killed as a result 
of the bombing of the United States Embassy in Kenya 
on August 7, 1998, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Service Line 
of Duty Death Gratuity Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. DEATH GRATUITY. 
Subsection (a) of section 413 of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3973) is amended, in the first 
sentence, by inserting ‘‘or $100,000, whichever is greater’’ 
after ‘‘one year’s salary at the time of death’’. 
SEC. 3. INCREASED GROUP LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS AP-
PLICABLE TO THOSE KILLED IN THE LINE OF 
DUTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3961 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 415. INCREASED GROUP LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS 
APPLICABLE TO THOSE KILLED IN THE LINE 
OF DUTY. 
‘‘Notwithstanding the amounts specified in chapter 
87 of title 5, United States Code, a Foreign Service em-
ployee (as such term is defined in section 413) or Govern-
ment executive branch employee who is subject to the au-
thority of the chief of mission pursuant to section 207 and 
is killed as a result of an act of violence in the line of 
duty, as determined by the Secretary, in an operation or 
area that the Secretary of State designates, in writing, as 
a combat operation or a zone of combat shall be deemed 
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to be insured under such chapter for $400,000 if such 
amount is greater than the amount for which such em-
ployee is otherwise insured under such chapter.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 2 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 414 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 415. Increased group life insurance benefits applicable to those killed in 
the line of duty.’’. 
SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION. 
(a) COMPENSATION REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding the 
amount specified in subsection (a) of section 
413 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as 
amended by section 2 of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall provide a death gratuity payment 
under such section in the amount specified in 
paragraph (2) of this subsection to the sur-
viving dependents of a Foreign Service em-
ployee (as such term is defined in such section 
413) or a Government executive branch em-
ployee subject to the authority of the chief of 
mission pursuant to section 207 of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980, or to an individual other-
wise serving at a United States diplomatic or 
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consular mission abroad without a regular sal-
ary, who was killed in the August 7, 1998, 
bombing of the United States Embassy in 
Nairobi, Kenya. 
(B) DEADLINES.—Subject to available ap-
propriations, the Secretary of State— 
(i) shall make a partial payment of 
the death gratuity payment to eligible indi-
viduals not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(ii) is authorized to make additional 
partial payments, as appropriations become 
available, until the compensation level re-
quired under paragraph (2) has been satis-
fied. 
(C) MINIMUM PAYMENT.—The amount of 
the payment under subparagraph (B)(i) shall be 
equal to or greater than the $4,000,000 pre-
viously appropriated for such purpose by title I 
of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2008 (division J of Public Law 110–161; 
121 Stat. 2277) under the heading ‘‘DIPLO-
MATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS’’. 
(2) COMPENSATION LEVEL.— 
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