To amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the amount of the military death gratuity from $12,000 to $50,000.

Increases the death gratuity payable with respect to members of the Armed Forces from $12,000 to $50,000. Makes this increase applicable to deaths occurring on or after September 11, 2001.

Requires the Secretary of Defense to derive funds for payments under this Act in FY 2005 from travel funds for personnel of the Office of the Secretary.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5055 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5055

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the amount of the 
            military death gratuity from $12,000 to $50,000.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 9, 2004

Mr. Moore (for himself, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Hill, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Udall of 
  Colorado, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Berry, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Israel, Mr. 
   Osborne, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. Ford, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. 
  Murtha, Mr. Lampson, Ms. Solis, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Price of 
North Carolina, Mr. Stupak, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Linder, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. 
    Dingell, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Shays, Mr. 
   Pascrell, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Foley, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. 
     Gordon, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
 Etheridge, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Clay, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. 
   Waters, Mr. Payne, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Ms. Berkley, Mr. 
 Cooper, Mr. Tanner, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Ackerman, 
Mrs. Capps, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
Strickland, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Doggett, Mr. 
  Frost, Mr. Boswell, and Mr. Bonner) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the amount of the 
            military death gratuity from $12,000 to $50,000.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCREASE IN DEATH GRATUITY PAYABLE WITH RESPECT TO MEMBERS 
              OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) Amount of Death Gratuity.--Section 1478(a) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``$12,000'' and inserting 
``$50,000''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to deaths occurring on or after September 11, 2001.
    (c) Offset.--The Secretary of Defense shall derive funds for 
amounts payable during fiscal year 2005 by reason of the amendment made 
by subsection (a) from amounts available for that fiscal year for 
travel for personnel assigned to, or employed in, the Office of the 
Secretary of Defense. Amounts for such purpose shall be transferred to 
the appropriate accounts of the Department of Defense available for 
such payments, and amounts so transferred shall not be counted for 
purposes of any limitation on the amount of transfers of Department of 
Defense funds during that fiscal year.
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