Glen Anthony Doherty Overseas Security Personnel Fairness Act

Bill: 114-hr-312
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2015-01-13
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Conflicts and wars

Crime victims

Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Employee benefits and pensions

Military facilities and property

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Glen Anthony Doherty Overseas Security Personnel Fairness Act</b></p> <p> This bill amends the Defense Base Act to require the death benefits of an individual employed at an overseas military base who dies as a result of a war-risk hazard or act of terrorism occurring on or after September 11, 2001, if there is no surviving spouse, child, or dependent grandchildren, brothers, or sisters of such individual eligible for death benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, to be paid: (1) to a beneficiary designated by the deceased; or (2) if there is no designated beneficiary, to the next of kin or the estate of the deceased.</p> <p>The bill requires the payment of such benefits from the Employees' Compensation Fund.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 312 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 13, 2015 Mr. Lynch (for himself and Mr. Connolly ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Defense Base Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq. ) to require death benefits to be paid to a deceased employee’s designated beneficiary or next of kin in the case of death resulting from a war-risk hazard or act of terrorism occurring on or after September 11, 2001.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Glen Anthony Doherty Overseas Security Personnel Fairness Act . 2. Defense Base Act amendments relating to death benefits The Defense Base Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 6. Death benefits (a) In general In the case of a person covered by this Act who dies as a result of a war-risk hazard or act of terrorism, if there is no person eligible for a death benefit of the deceased under section 9 of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act ( 33 U.S.C. 909 ), then the benefits provided under section 9(b) of such Act to a widow or widower of the deceased shall be paid— (1) to a beneficiary designated by the deceased; or (2) if there is no designated beneficiary, to the next of kin or the estate of the deceased under applicable State law. (b) Payment of benefits Benefits found to be due under this section shall be paid from the compensation fund established pursuant to section 8147 of title 5, United States Code. (c) War-Risk hazard defined In this section, the term war-risk hazard has the meaning provided in section 201(b) of the War Hazards Compensation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1711(b) ). (d) Effective date The death benefit payable under this section shall apply with respect to deaths occurring on or after September 11, 2001. .