Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act
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Latest Action · May 9, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, 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.
This bill increases and standardizes death benefits for federal employees, military personnel, and foreign service workers killed in the line of duty. It establishes a new $100,000 death gratuity for federal civilian employees (adjusted annually for inflation) whose deaths result from job-related injuries, criminal acts, terrorism, or natural disasters—unless caused by willful misconduct or the employee's intoxication. The bill also raises the funeral expense allowance from $800 to $8,800 (also adjusted annually), expands death gratuity eligibility to certain Transportation Security Administration and Veterans Health Administration employees, and clarifies payment procedures for federal employees stationed abroad. All death payments are made tax-free to beneficiaries. The bill applies to any deaths occurring after its enactment and authorizes Congress to provide emergency appropriations if mass casualty events exceed agency budgets for paying these benefits.
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