I 110TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2828 To provide compensation to relatives of United States citizens who were killed as a result of the bombings of United States Embassies in East Africa on August 7, 1998. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 22, 2007 Mr. JACKSON of Illinois (for himself and Mr. BLUNT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To provide compensation to relatives of United States citi 1 zens who were killed as a result of the bombings of United States Embassies in East Africa on August 7, 1998. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES CITIZENS 4 5 6 7 WHO WERE VICTIMS OF THE BOMBINGS OF UNITED STATES EMBASSIES IN EAST AFRICA ON AUGUST 7, 1998. (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to pro 8 vide compensation to relatives of United States citizens 2 1 who were killed as a result of the bombings of United 2 States Embassies in East Africa on August 7, 1998. 3 (b) COMPENSATION AUTHORIZED.-The Secretary of 4 State is authorized to provide compensation to the per5 sonal representative of a decedent who is an eligible indi6 vidual described in subsection (c). 7 (c) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—A decedent is an eligi8 ble individual for purposes of this subsection if the indi 9 vidual was a citizen of the United States who 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 (1) was present at the United States Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, or the United States Embassy in embassies in East Africa on August 7, 1998; and ing. (d) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.-To the maximum 18 extent practicable, the Secretary of State shall ensure an 19 equitable distribution of amounts of compensation under 20 this section among the personal representatives of dece21 dents who are eligible individuals described in subsection 22 (c). 23 (e) REGULATIONS.-The Secretary of State is au24 thorized to promulgate such regulations as may be nec25 essary to carry out this section. 3 1 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 2 out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated to 3 the Secretary of State $18,000,000. .HR 2828 IH H.L.C. AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE OFFERED BY MR. LANTOS OF CALIFORNIA Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 2 This Act may be cited as the "Foreign Service Vic 3 tims of Terrorism Act of 2007". 4 SEC. 2. DEATH GRATUITY. 5 Section 413 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 6 U.S.C. 3973) is amended— 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 (1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by striking "at the time of death" and inserting "at level II of the Executive Schedule at the time of death, except that in the case of foreign national em ployees, foreign nationals appointed under section 303, and locally employed staff the amount shall be 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 national or lo cally employed staffer was being paid"; (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub 1 2 3 2 H.L.C. (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol lowing new subsection: "(d) In addition to a death gratuity payment under 4 subsection (a), the Secretary or the head of the relevant 5 United States Government agency is authorized to provide 6 for payment to the surviving dependents of a Foreign 7 Service employee or a Government executive branch em8 ployee, if such Foreign Service employee or Government 9 executive branch employee is subject to the authority of 10 the chief of mission pursuant to section 207, of an amount 11 equal to a maximum of eight times the salary of such For12 eign Service employee or Government executive branch 13 employee if such Foreign Service employee or Government 14 executive branch employee is killed as a result of an act 15 of international terrorism. Such payment shall be accorded 16 the same treatment as a payment made under subsection 17 (a). For purposes of this subsection, the term 'act of inter18 national terrorism' has the meaning given such term in 19 section 2331(1) of title 18, United States Code.". 20 SEC. 3. PAYMENTS TO FAMILIES OF CERTAIN VICTIMS OF 22 Subject to the availability of appropriations, and not23 withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 24 State shall pay the maximum amount of payment under 25 section 413(d) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (as |