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Foreign Service Victims of Terrorism Act of 2007

Introduced: June 22, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 4, 2007
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 403.
Oct 3, 2007
Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Oct 2, 2007
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 2, 2007
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 12 (Roll no. 930). (text: CR H11096)
Oct 2, 2007
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H11127-11128)
Oct 2, 2007
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Oct 2, 2007
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2828.
Oct 2, 2007
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11096-11099)
Oct 2, 2007
Mr. Payne moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 26, 2007
Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 26, 2007
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 22, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jun 22, 2007
Introduced in House
 Votes taken on this bill 1
DateChamberWhat was voted onResultYes–No
Oct 2, 2007 House · vote #930 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Passed 409–12 See who voted →
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Foreign Service Victims of Terrorism Act of 2007 - Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to provide a death gratuity for foreign national employees, foreign nationals appointees, and locally employed staff who die as a result of injuries suffered abroad in an amount equal to one year's basic salary at the highest step of the highest grade on the local compensation plan of the country in which the foreign staffer was being paid.

Authorizes the Secretary of State or the head of a relevant agency to make an additional payment to the surviving dependents of a Foreign Service employee or a government executive branch employee killed as a result of an act of international terrorism in an amount equal to a maximum of eight times such employee's salary.

Provides compensation retroactively to the families of each person killed in a terrorist act while serving on a U.S. diplomatic or consular mission abroad between Jan. 1, 1998, and the bill’s enactment, including the victims of the August 1998 bombing in Nairobi, Kenya.

States that with respect to a U.S. citizen such amount shall be 10 times the salary amount of $94,000 ($940,000).

What's happening now October 4, 2007

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 403.

 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 15 Republican 2
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McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Oct 1, 2007
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 1, 2007
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Aug 3, 2007
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jul 31, 2007
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jul 31, 2007
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jul 27, 2007
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 27, 2007
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jul 27, 2007
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jul 27, 2007
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jul 19, 2007
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Jul 19, 2007
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jul 19, 2007
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jul 19, 2007
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 12, 2007
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jul 12, 2007
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 12, 2007
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jul 12, 2007
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