LYNCH INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ENHANCE FAIRNESS FOR OVERSEAS FEDERAL CONTRACTORS KILLED IN LINE OF DUTY Today, Congressman Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08) introduced H.R. 5721, the Overseas Security Personnel Fairness Act. This legislation would remove a significant penalty in federal law that currently prohibits the families of overseas federal contractors who are killed in the line of duty from receiving full death benefits if the deceased employee is unmarried with no children or other dependents. The families of overseas federal contractors, including the family of former Navy SEAL and C.I.A. security contractor Glen Doherty, have faced significant difficulty in receiving death benefits under federally-required insurance policies when their loved one is killed on the job but is single with no dependents. Mr. Doherty was killed during the September 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate and classified Annex in Benghazi, Libya. Read more: lynch.house.gov/press-release/lynch-introduces-legislation-enhance-fairness-overseas-federal-contractors-killed-line
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 20:42:32 +0000