S.2078

Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act increases death gratuities for federal employees killed in the line of duty.

The Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act increases the death gratuity for federal employees killed in the line of duty from $800 to $8,800. The gratuity amount is adjusted annually based on the percentage change in the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index. The bill also establishes an order of precedence for the distribution of the gratuity, starting with a designated beneficiary, then the surviving spouse, children, parents, executor or administrator of the estate, or the state-designated recipient if no other eligible survivors exist.