S.Amdt. 5507
What it does: Adds SEC. 1083. PAYMENTS TO FAMILIES OF CERTAIN VICTIMS OF TERRORISM on page 311, between lines 13 and 14
Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI)What it changes
1 change to S. 3001
Adds SEC. 1083. PAYMENTS TO FAMILIES OF CERTAIN VICTIMS OF TERRORISM on page 311, between lines 13 and 14
Adds a sectionPrinted pageInserted: SEC. 1083. PAYMENTS TO FAMILIES OF CERTAIN VICTIMS OF TERRORISM.
Inserted: (a) In General.--Subject to the availability of appropriations specifically for the purpose specified in this section as provided in appropriations Acts enacted on or after October 1, 2007, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of State shall, in addition to any death gratuity payment under section 413(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3973(a)), provide for payment to the surviving dependents of a covered individual who was killed as a result of an act of international terrorism (as such term is defined in section 2331(1) of title 18, United States Code) that occurred between January 1, 1998, and the date of the enactment of this Act, including the bombing of August 7, 1998, in Nairobi, Kenya, of an amount equal to ten times the salary specified in subsection (c). Such a payment shall be accorded the same treatment as a payment made under section 413(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3973(a)).
Inserted: (b) Covered Individual Defined.--In this section, the term "covered individual" means--
Inserted: (1) a member of the Foreign Service or Government executive branch employee subject to the authority of a chief of mission pursuant to section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927); or
Inserted: (2) an individual who was otherwise serving at a United States diplomatic or consular mission abroad without a regular salary.
Inserted: (c) Specified Salary.--The salary to be used for purposes of determining payment under this section shall be $94,000.
Original wording
On page 311, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
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SA 5507. Mr. KOHL (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 311, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
SEC. 1083. PAYMENTS TO FAMILIES OF CERTAIN VICTIMS OF TERRORISM.
(a) In General.--Subject to the availability of appropriations specifically for the purpose specified in this section as provided in appropriations Acts enacted on or after October 1, 2007, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of State shall, in addition to any death gratuity payment under section 413(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3973(a)), provide for payment to the surviving dependents of a covered individual who was killed as a result of an act of international terrorism (as such term is defined in section 2331(1) of title 18, United States Code) that occurred between January 1, 1998, and the date of the enactment of this Act, including the bombing of August 7, 1998, in Nairobi, Kenya, of an amount equal to ten times the salary specified in subsection (c). Such a payment shall be accorded the same treatment as a payment made under section 413(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3973(a)).
(b) Covered Individual Defined.--In this section, the term “covered individual” means--
(1) a member of the Foreign Service or Government executive branch employee subject to the authority of a chief of mission pursuant to section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927); or
(2) an individual who was otherwise serving at a United States diplomatic or consular mission abroad without a regular salary.
(c) Specified Salary.--The salary to be used for purposes of determining payment under this section shall be $94,000.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 15, 2008