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H.R. 2828: Foreign Service Victims of Terrorism Act of 2007

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H.R. 2828: Foreign Service Victims of Terrorism Act of 2007

110th Congress · introduced 2007-06-22 · International Affairs · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 403.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2007-06-22 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 930 (2007): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR2828 (2007-10-02), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 403. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Foreign Service Victims of Terrorism Act of 2007

Plain summary

Foreign Service Victims of Terrorism Act of 2007 - Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to provide a death gratuity for foreign national employees, foreign nationals appointees, and locally employed staff who die as a result of injuries suffered abroad in an amount 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 staffer was being paid. Authorizes the Secretary of State or the head of a relevant agency to make an additional payment to the surviving dependents of a Foreign Service employee or a government executive branch employee killed as a result of an act of international terrorism in an amount equal to a maximum of eight times such employee's salary. Provides compensation retroactively to the families of each person killed in a terrorist act while serving on a U.S. diplomatic or consular mission abroad between Jan. 1, 1998, and the bill’s enactment, including the victims of the August 1998 bombing in Nairobi, Kenya. States that with respect to a U.S. citizen such amount shall be 10 times the salary amount of $94,000 ($940,000).

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Official text

Foreign Service Victims of Terrorism Act of 2007

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] · 69 cosponsors

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Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Al Green (D-TX), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) and 9 more.

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Record fed-us-cong110-hr2828 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110