H.R. 2881 (112th): Foreign Service Line of Duty Death Gratuity Act of 2011

Introduced:
Sep 09, 2011 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Rep. Allen West [R-FL22]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)

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Status

This bill was introduced on September 9, 2011, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Sep 09, 2011
Referred to Committee Sep 09, 2011
Cosponsors
28 cosponsors (16D, 12R) (show)
Committees

House Foreign Affairs

House Oversight and Government Reform

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Full Title

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.

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Last updated Sep 09, 2011.
5 pages

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9/9/2011--Introduced.
Foreign Service Line of Duty Death Gratuity Act of 2011 - Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to provide increased group life insurance benefits for a Foreign Service or government executive branch employee killed in a location designated as a danger pay post.
Directs the Secretary of State to provide a specified death gratuity payment to the surviving dependents of a Foreign Service or a government executive branch employee serving at a U.S. diplomatic or consular mission abroad without a regular salary who was killed in the August 7, 1998, bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. Authorizes appropriations for such payments.

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  • 121 Stat. 2277

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  • 5 U.S.C. Chapter 87