Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 52 — Foreign Service
§ 3975. Group life insurance supplement applicable to those killed in terrorist attacks
Statutory text
Foreign Service employees
In general
Notwithstanding the amounts specified in chapter 87 of title 5, a Foreign Service employee who dies as a result of injuries sustained while on duty abroad because of an act of terrorism, as defined in section 2656f(d) of this title, shall be eligible for a special payment of $400,000, which shall be in addition to any employer provided life insurance policy coverage. In the case of an employee compensated under a local compensation plan established under section 3968 of this title, the amount of such payment shall be determined by regulations implemented by the Secretary of State and shall be no greater than $400,000. The group life insurance supplement employee benefit paid or scheduled to be paid pursuant to this section should not be used to reduce any other payment to which a recipient is otherwise eligible under Federal law.
Designation of beneficiary
A payment made under paragraph (1) shall be made in accordance with the guidance issued under section 3973(c) of this title.
Other executive agencies
The head of an executive agency shall provide the additional payment authorized by this section, consistent with the provisions set forth in subsection (a), with respect to any employee of that agency or of an individual in a special category serving in an uncompensated capacity for that agency who dies as a result of injuries sustained while on duty abroad because of an act of terrorism, as defined in section 2656f(d) of this title, while subject to the authority of the chief of mission pursuant to section 3927 of this title.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 96–465 title I § 415 · 94 Stat. 2071
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 3975
Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 415, as added Pub. L. 113–76, div. K, title VII, § 7082(b)(1), Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 565
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 415, as added Pub. L. 113–76, div. K, title VII, § 7082(b)(1), Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 565Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016
Pub. L. 114–113 div. K title VII § 7034(d)(5)(A) · 129 Stat. 2242
Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 3975(a)(1)
Pub. L. 114–113 substituted “a special payment of $400,000, which shall be in addition to any employer provided life insurance policy coverage” for “a payment from the United States in an amount that, when added to the amount of the employee’s employer-provided group life insurance policy coverage (if any), equals $400,000”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 114–113 substituted “a special payment of $400,000, which shall be in addition to any employer provided life insurance policy coverage” for “a payment from the United States in an amount that, when added to the amount of the employee’s employer-provided group life insurance policy coverage (if any), equals $400,000”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) Section 415(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3975(a)(1)) is amended by striking “a payment from the United States in an amount that, when added to the amount of the employee’s employer-provided group life insurance policy coverage (if any), equals $400,000” and inserting “a special payment of $400,000, which shall be in addition to any employer provided life insurance policy coverage”.Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017
Pub. L. 115–31 div. J title VII § 7034(k)(8) · 131 Stat. 135
Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 3975(a)(1)
Pub. L. 115–31, which directed amendment by adding “The group life insurance supplement employee benefit paid or scheduled to be paid pursuant to this section should not be used to reduce any other payment to which a recipient is otherwise eligible under Federal law.” in par. (1) without specifying a particular location, was executed by inserting the amendment at the end of par. (1) to reflect the probable intent of Congress
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 115–31, which directed amendment by adding “The group life insurance supplement employee benefit paid or scheduled to be paid pursuant to this section should not be used to reduce any other payment to which a recipient is otherwise eligible under Federal law.” in par. (1) without specifying a particular location, was executed by inserting the amendment at the end of par. (1) to reflect the probable intent of Congress.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(8) Modification of life insurance supplement.— Section 415(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3975(a)(1)) is amended by adding—“The group life insurance supplement employee benefit paid or scheduled to be paid pursuant to this section should not be used to reduce any other payment to which a recipient is otherwise eligible under Federal law.”.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 2656f(d) of this title, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1) and (b), was in the original “section 140(d) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999”, and was translated as meaning “section 140(d) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Amendments2015–2017 · 2 rounds
2017
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 115–31, which directed amendment by adding “The group life insurance supplement employee benefit paid or scheduled to be paid pursuant to this section should not be used to reduce any other payment to which a recipient is otherwise eligible under Federal law.” in par. (1) without specifying a particular location, was executed by inserting the amendment at the end of par. (1) to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
2015
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 114–113 substituted “a special payment of $400,000, which shall be in addition to any employer provided life insurance policy coverage” for “a payment from the United States in an amount that, when added to the amount of the employee’s employer-provided group life insurance policy coverage (if any), equals $400,000”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section applicable in the case of a Foreign Service or executive branch employee subject to the authority of the chief of mission pursuant to section 3927 of this title, serving at a United States diplomatic or consular mission abroad, who died on or after , as a result of injuries from an act of terrorism, as defined in section 2656f(d) of this title, see section 7082(c) of Pub. L. 113–76, set out as an Effective Date of 2014 Amendment note under section 3973 of this title.
Applicability
Pub. L. 114–113, div. K, title VII, § 7034(d)(5)(B), , 129 Stat. 2763, provided that: “The insurance benefit under section 415 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3975), as amended by subparagraph (A), shall be applicable to eligible employees who die as a result of injuries sustained while on duty abroad because of an act of terrorism, as defined in section 140(d) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 (22 U.S.C. 2656f(d)), anytime on or after .”
Credits
2014–2017 · 3 acts
- 2014Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 415, as added Pub. L. 113–76, div. K, title VII, § 7082(b)(1), , 128 Stat. 565
- 2015amended Pub. L. 114–113, div. K, title VII, § 7034(d)(5)(A), , 129 Stat. 2763
- 2017Pub. L. 115–31, div. J, title VII, § 7034(k)(8), , 131 Stat. 651.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 415, as added Pub. L. 113–76, div. K, title VII, § 7082(b)(1), , 128 Stat. 565; amended Pub. L. 114–113, div. K, title VII, § 7034(d)(5)(A), , 129 Stat. 2763; Pub. L. 115–31, div. J, title VII, § 7034(k)(8), , 131 Stat. 651.)