HR 2828 110th Congress House International Affairs Africa (Sub-Saharan) Aliens Americans in foreign countries Bombings Compensation (Law) Crime and Law Enforcement Department of State Diplomats Embassies Families Federal employees Foreign service Government Operations and Politics Kenya Labor and Employment Law Salaries Survivors' benefits Tanzania

Foreign Service Victims of Terrorism Act of 2007

Introduced: June 22, 2007 See on congress.gov

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Passed House

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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

Passed/agreed to in House: 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

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Oct 2, 2007	House · vote #930	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Passed	409–12	See who voted →

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.

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