,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eihb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #be1 #bjah,mrs4 
,walorski introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,education and the ,workforce1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on ,house    
,administration1 for a period to be     
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code1 to increase the gratuity 
owed upon death of an employee in       
connection with the employee's service  
with an ,armed ,force1 to limit the     
amount of any death gratuity paid upon  
the death of a ,member of ,congress1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,increase in  
gratuity for death of an employee       
incurred in connection with the         
employee's service with an ,armed ,force
  7a7 ,in general ,section #hajb;a of   
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is     

amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by    
striking #ajj1jjj and inserting         
#bjj1jjj2 and  7#b7 in subsection 7d7-- 
7,a7 by striking paragraph 7#a7 and     
inserting the following3  7#a7  7,a7    
,with respect to a death gratuity       
payable upon the death of an employee   
covered by subsection 7a7-- 7i7 if the  
employee has a surviving spouse1 #fj    
percent of the gratuity shall be paid to
 that spouse and the remaining #dj      
percent of the gratuity shall be paid in
 accordance with subparagraphs 7,b7 and 
7,c7 of this paragraph and paragraphs   
7#d7 and 7#e72 or  7ii7 if the employee 
has no surviving spouse1 the gratuity   
shall be paid in accordance with        
subparagraphs 7,b7 and 7,c7 of this     
paragraph and paragraphs 7#d7 and 7#e74 
7,b7 ,subject to paragraph 7#e71 the    
remainder of a death gratuity payable   
pursuant to subparagraph 7,a77i71 or a  
death gratuity payable pursuant to      
subparagraph 7,a77ii71 7as the case may 
be7 shall be paid to or for the living  

survivor highest on the following list3 
7i7 ,the employee's children1 as        
prescribed by paragraph 7#b71 in equal  
shares4  7ii7 ,if designated by the     
employee1 any one or more of the        
following persons3  7,i7 ,the employee's
 parents or persons in loco parentis1 as
 prescribed by paragraph 7#c74  7,,ii7  
,the employee's brothers4  7,,iii7 ,the 
employee's sisters4  7iii7 ,the         
employee's parents or persons in loco   
parentis1 as prescribed by paragraph    
7#c71 in equal shares4  7iv7 ,the       
employee's brothers and sisters in equal
 shares4  7,c7 ,clauses 7ii7 and 7iv7 of
 subparagraph 7,b7 include brothers and 
sisters of the half blood and those     
through adoption4  2 and  7,b7 by       
striking paragraph 7#f74  7b7 ,technical
 and conforming amendments ,subsection  
7d7 of section #hajb;a of title #e1     
,united ,states ,code1 is further       
amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#b71 by   
striking ,paragraph 7#a77;,b7 and       
inserting ,paragraph 7#a77;,b77i72  7#b7

 in paragraph 7#c71 by striking         
,subparagraphs 7,c7 and 7,d7 of         
paragraph 7#a7 and inserting ,clauses   
7ii7 and 7iii7 of paragraph 7#a77;,b72  
7#c7 in paragraph 7#d7-- 7,a7 by        
striking ,a person and inserting ,except
 as provided in paragraph 7#a77;,a77i71 
a person2 and  7,b7 by striking         
subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,e7 of      
paragraph 7#a7 and inserting clauses 7i7
 through 7iv7 of paragraph 7#a77;,b742  
and  7#d7 in paragraph 7#e71 by striking
 paragraph 7#a74 and inserting paragraph
 7#a77;,b744  7c7 ,application ,the     
amendments made by this section shall   
apply with respect to the death of any  
employee described under section        
#hajb;a7a7 of title #e1 ,united ,states 
,code1 occurring after the date of      
enactment of this section4  #b4         
,limitation on gratuity paid upon the   
death of a ,member of ,congress  7a7    
,limitation ,no payment in excess of    
#gd1jjj may be made from the applicable 
accounts of the ,house of               

,representatives1 the contingent fund of
 the ,senate1 or any other appropriated 
funds for a death gratuity payment to   
the widow1 widower1 or heirs-at-law of  
any ,member of ,congress who dies after 
the commencement of the ,congress to    
which the ,member has been elected4  7b7
 ,no effect on other payments to        
survivors ,nothing in subsection 7a7    
shall be construed to prohibit or affect
 the payment to any individual of any   
unpaid balance or salary or other sums  
due to a ,member of ,congress who dies  
after the commencement of the ,congress 
to which the ,member has been elected4  
7c7 ,definition ,for purposes of this   
section1 a ,member of ,congress means a 
,senator or a ,representative in1 or    
,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner to1
 the ,congress4  7d7 ,application ,this 
section shall apply with respect to the 
death of any ,member of ,congress       
occurring after the date of the         
enactment of this section4