To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the gratuity owed upon death of an employee in connection with the employee's service with an Armed Force, to limit the amount of any death gratuity paid upon the death of a Member of Congress, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressHR-5982House of Representatives
Updated: Oct 19, 2018

Summary

This bill increases the death gratuity payment for survivors of a federal employee who dies in connection with service with an Armed Force or in a contingency operation (e.g., a humanitarian or peacekeeping operation). Additionally, it limits the death gratuity payment for the surviving spouse or next of kin of a Member of Congress who dies in office.

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Timeline

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.

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  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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