Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act

United States117th CongressS-3474Senate
Updated: Jan 11, 2022

Summary

Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act This bill increases benefits to survivors of federal employees who die in the line of duty. Specifically, the bill increases the death benefit for federal employees from $10,000 to $100,000 and increases the funeral benefit from $800 to $8,800. Both amounts must be adjusted annually for inflation. The bill also excludes the death benefit from gross income for purposes of federal taxation.

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HR-7376: Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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