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Foreign Service Line of Duty Death Gratuity Act of 2011

Introduced: September 20, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Oct 3, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
Sep 9, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 9, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1574-1575)
Sep 9, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now October 3, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .

 Related & companion bills 1
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 6 Republican 2
D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Feb 15, 2012
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Dec 15, 2011
 R
Huizenga, Bill
Michigan · Oct 11, 2011
CRENSHAW, ANDER
· Oct 5, 2011
Carnahan, Russ
· Sep 20, 2011
WOLF, FRANK
· Sep 12, 2011
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Sep 9, 2011
BURTON, DAN
· Sep 9, 2011
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Sep 9, 2011
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Sep 9, 2011
Harper, Gregg
· Sep 9, 2011
Palazzo, Steven
· Sep 9, 2011
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Sep 9, 2011
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 9, 2011
TOWNS, EDOLPHUS
· Sep 9, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2881: Foreign Service Line of Duty Death Gratuity Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2881/
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"H.R. 2881: Foreign Service Line of Duty Death Gratuity Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2881/.
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H.R. 2881, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2881/.
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