1. Revision to the administration of death gratuities for Foreign Service and other executive agency employees
Section 413 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3973) is amended—
in subsection (a) by inserting “designated beneficiaries or” before “surviving dependents”;
in subsection (b) by inserting “designated beneficiaries or” before “survivors”;
in subsection (c) by striking “survivors and beneficiaries” and inserting “designated beneficiaries then survivors”;
by striking subsection (d); and
by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).