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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 980 (Introduced in Senate) — To provide for enhanced embassy security, and for other purposes. · Sec. 205

Sec. 205. Death gratuity

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Section 413(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 3973(a) ), is amended in the first sentence by striking at the time of death and inserting 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 408 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
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