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To provide compensation to relatives of United States citizens who were killed as a result of the bombings of United States Embassies in East Africa on August 7, 1998. 10/2/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other 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 [...] show full description
- 10/04/2007 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 403.
- 10/03/2007 - Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- 10/02/2007 - Mr. Payne moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 10/02/2007 - Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11096-11099)
- 10/02/2007 - At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
show all actions- 10/04/2007 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 403.
- 10/03/2007 - Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- 10/02/2007 - Mr. Payne moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 10/02/2007 - Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11096-11099)
- 10/02/2007 - At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- 10/02/2007 - Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H11127-11128)
- 10/02/2007 - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 12 (Roll no. 930). (text: CR H11096)
- 10/02/2007 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 10/02/2007 - DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2828.
- 09/26/2007 - Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 09/26/2007 - Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- 06/22/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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