NARFE supports the Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act, H.R. 3317/S.2078. This legislation would increase death gratuities and funeral allowances for Federal employees who pass away while on the job. 

The families of civil servants who die while serving their country should receive compensation in line with what others serving their country in the foreign service or military receive. A federal firefighter or law enforcement agent who dies serving their country makes no less of a sacrifice than those serving overseas. 

Yet death benefits for civil servants who die in the line of duty are outdated – some more than 50 years. The Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act would fix this, doing the following: 

Increase the one-time death benefit from $10,000 (set in 1997) to $100,000, in line with the benefit provided to military and Foreign Service families; 

Raise the funeral benefit from $800 (set in 1966) to $8,000; 

Index the above benefits to inflation to ensure they increase appropriately each year; and  

Authorize potential use of emergency funds in the event of a mass-casualty event. 

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