S. 1493 · 112th Congress
Foreign Service Line of Duty Death Gratuity Act of 2011
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Barbara Mikulski
- Introduced
- 2011-08-02
- Latest action
- 2011-08-02 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
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.