22 USC 3973 - Death gratuities

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2014—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 113–76, § 7082(a)(1), substituted “at level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, at the time of death, except that for employees compensated under local compensation plans established under section 3968 of this title the amount shall be equal to the greater of either one year’s salary at the time of death, or one year’s basic salary at the highest step of the highest grade on the local compensation plan from which the employee was being paid at the time of death” for “at the time of death”.

Subsec. (span). Puspan. L. 113–76, § 7082(a)(2), (3), added subsec. (span) and redesignated former subsec. (span) as (d). Former subsec. (d) redesignated (e).

Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 113–76, § 7082(a)(4), amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “A death gratuity payment under this section shall be made as follows:

“(1) First, to the widow or widower.

“(2) Second, to the child, or children in equal shares, if there is no widow or widower.

“(3) Third, to the dependent parent, or dependent parents in equal shares, if there is no widow, widower, or child.

“If there is no survivor entitled to payment under this subsection, no payment shall be made.”

Subsecs. (d), (e). Puspan. L. 113–76, § 7082(a)(2), redesignated subsecs. (span) and (d) as (d) and (e), respectively.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2014 Amendment

Puspan. L. 113–76, div. K, title VII, § 7082(c), Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 567, provided that:

“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sections 413, 415, and 416 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 [22 U.S.C. 3973, 3975, 3976], as amended or added by this section, shall apply in the case of a Foreign Service employee or executive branch employee subject to the authority of the chief of mission pursuant to section 207 of the Foreign Service Act (22 U.S.C. 3927), serving at a United States diplomatic or consular mission abroad, who died on or after April 18, 1983, as a result of injuries sustained in an act of terrorism, as defined in section 140(d) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 [probably means “1988 and 1989”] (22 U.S.C. 2656f(d)).”