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5 U.S.C. § 8134 — Funeral expenses; transportation of body
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**(a)** If death results from an injury sustained in the performance of duty, the United States shall pay, to the personal representative of the deceased or otherwise, funeral and burial expenses not to exceed $800, in the discretion of the Secretary of Labor.
**(b)** The body of an employee whose home is in the United States, in the discretion of the Secretary, may be embalmed and transported in a hermetically sealed casket to his home or last place of residence at the expense of the Employees’ Compensation Fund if—
(1) the employee dies from—
(A) the injury while away from his home or official station or outside the United States; or
(B) from other causes while away from his home or official station for the purpose of receiving medical or other services, appliances, supplies, or examination under this subchapter; and
(2) the relatives of the employee request the return of his body.
If the relatives do not request the return of the body of the employee, the Secretary may provide for its disposition and incur and pay from the Employees’ Compensation Fund the necessary and reasonable transportation, funeral, and burial expenses.
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**(a)** If death results from an injury sustained in the performance of duty, the United States shall pay, to the personal representative of the deceased or otherwise, funeral and burial expenses not to exceed $800, in the discretion of the Secretary of Labor.
**(b)** The body of an employee whose home is in the United States, in the discretion of the Secretary, may be embalmed and transported in a hermetically sealed casket to his home or last place of residence at the expense of the Employees’ Compensation Fund if—
(1) the employee dies from—
(A) the injury while away from his home or official station or outside the United States; or
(B) from other causes while away from his home or official station for the purpose of receiving medical or other services, appliances, supplies, or examination under this subchapter; and
(2) the relatives of the employee request the return of his body.
If the relatives do not request the return of the body of the employee, the Secretary may provide for its disposition and incur and pay from the Employees’ Compensation Fund the necessary and reasonable transportation, funeral, and burial expenses.
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**(a) Reports** On a biennial basis until the date that is 10 years after March 15, 2022, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a comprehensive report on the activities, prioritization, and responsibilities of the intelligence community with respect to foreign biological threats emanating from the territory of, or sponsored by, a covered country.
**(b) Matters included** Each report under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to foreign biological threats emanating from the territory of, or sponsored by, a covered country, the following:
(1) A detailed description of all activities relating to such threats undertaken by each element of the intelligence community, and an assessment of any gaps in such activities.
(2) A detailed description of all duties and responsibilities relating to such threats explicitly authorized or otherwise assigned, exclusively or jointly, to each element of the intelligence community, and an assessment of any identified gaps in such duties or responsibilities.
(3) A description of the coordination among the relevant elements of the intelligence community with respect to the activities specified in paragraph (1) and the duties and responsibilities specified in paragraph (2).
(4) An inventory of the strategies, plans, policies, and interagency agreements of the intelligence community relating to the collection, monitoring, analysis, mitigation, and attribution of such threats, and an assessment of any identified gaps therein.
(5) A description of the coordination and interactions among the relevant elements of the intelligence community and non-intelligence community partners.
(6) An assessment of foreign malign influence efforts relating to such threats, including any foreign
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**(a)** If an individual—
(1) has sustained disability compensable under [section 8107(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8107/a&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) has filed a valid claim in his lifetime; and
(3) dies from a cause other than the injury before the end of the period specified by the schedule;
the compensation specified by the schedule that is unpaid at his death, whether or not accrued or due at his death, shall be paid—
(A) under an award made before or after the death;
(B) for the period specified by the schedule;
(C) to and for the benefit of the persons then in being within the classes and proportions and on the conditions specified by this section; and
(D) in the following order of precedence:
(i) If there is no child, to the widow or widower.
(ii) If there are both a widow or widower and a child or children, one-half to the widow or widower and one-half to the child or children.
(iii) If there is no widow or widower, to the child or children.
(iv) If there is no survivor in the above classes, to the parent or parents wholly or partly dependent for support on the decedent, or to other wholly dependent relatives listed by [section 8133(a)(5) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8133/a/5&num=0&edition=prelim), or to both in proportions provided by regulation.
(v) If there is no survivor in the above classes and no burial allowance is payable under [section 8134 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8134&num=0&edition=prelim), an amount not exceeding that which would be expendable under [section 8134 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-titl
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**(a)** If death results from an injury sustained in the performance of duty, the United States shall pay a monthly compensation equal to a percentage of the monthly pay of the deceased employee in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) To the widow or widower, if there is no child, 50 percent.
(2) To the widow or widower, if there is a child, 45 percent and in addition 15 percent for each child not to exceed a total of 75 percent for the widow or widower and children.
(3) To the children, if there is no widow or widower, 40 percent for one child and 15 percent additional for each additional child not to exceed a total of 75 percent, divided among the children share and share alike.
(4) To the parents, if there is no widow, widower, or child, as follows—
(A) 25 percent if one parent was wholly dependent on the employee at the time of death and the other was not dependent to any extent;
(B) 20 percent to each if both were wholly dependent; or
(C) a proportionate amount in the discretion of the Secretary of Labor if one or both were partly dependent.
If there is a widow, widower, or child, so much of the percentages are payable as, when added to the total percentages payable to the widow, widower, and children, will not exceed a total of 75 percent.
(5) To the brothers, sisters, grandparents, and grandchildren, if there is no widow, widower, child, or dependent parent, as follows—
(A) 20 percent if one was wholly dependent on the employee at the time of death;
(B) 30 percent if more than one was wholly dependent, divided among the dependents share and share alike; or
(C) 10 percent if no one is wholly dependent but one or more is partly dependent, divided among the dependents share and share alike.
If there is a widow, widower, child, or de
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Page 950
TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 8134
stituted for ‘‘section 10(M) of this Act’’ to reflect the
codification of that section in title 5.
In subsection (e), the words ‘‘is deemed’’ are sub-
stituted for ‘‘shall be considered to be’’. The words
‘‘minimum rate of basic pay for GS–2’’ and ‘‘maximum
rate of basic pay for GS–15’’ are substituted for ‘‘lowest
rate of basic compensation provided for grade 2 by the
General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949’’ and
‘‘highest rate of basic compensation provided for grade
15 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of
1949,’’ respectively, for consistency of style and to re-
flect the codification of the Classification Act of 1949 in
title 5. The words ‘‘under section 8114 of this title’’ are
substituted for ‘‘as provided in section 12’’ to reflect
the codification of that section in title 5.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1990—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 101–303 substituted ‘‘age
55’’ for ‘‘age 60’’.
1974—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 93–416, § 16(a), substituted
‘‘50’’ for ‘‘45’’.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 93–416, § 16(a), substituted ‘‘45’’
for ‘‘40’’.
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 93–416, § 16(a), substituted ‘‘40’’
for ‘‘35’’.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–416, § 16(a), inserted ‘‘before
reaching age 60’’ after ‘‘remarries’’ in par. (1), struck
out par. (2) referring to widower who dies, remarries or
becomes capable of self-support, redesignated pars. (3)
and (4) as (2) and (3), respectively, changed the ref-
erence in closing paragraph from paragraph (3) of this
subsection to paragraph (2) of this subsection, and in-
serted provision for election by widower or widow of
benefits derived from more than one husband or wife.
Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 93–416, § 17, inserted ‘‘, except
for in
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