Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 2.djvu/814

 94 STAT. 2092

PUBLIC LAW 96-465—OCT. 17, 1980

Secretary of State may determine to be appropriate) of the difference between such salary and the basic salary provided for the principal officer, or, if there is no principal officer, for the former principal officer. 22 USC 3972.

Submittal to congressional committees.

Compensatory time. 5 USC 5541. 22 USC 3973.

Definitions.

SEC. 412. SPECIAL DIFFERENTIALS.—(a) The Secretary may pay

special differentials, in addition to compensation otherwise authorized, to Foreign Service officers who are required because of the nature of their assignments to perform additional work on a regular basis in substantial excess of normal requirements. (b) Before implementing any proposal to limit either the number of Foreign Service officers who may receive a special differential under subsection (a) or the amounts of such special differentials, the Secretary shall submit such proposal to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. (c) Nothing in this Act, or in subchapter V of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, shall preclude the granting of compensatory time off for Foreign Service officers. SEC. 413. DEATH GRATUITY.—(a) The Secretary may provide for

payment of a gratuity to the surviving dependents of any Foreign Service employee, who dies as a result of injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad, in an amount equal to one year's salary at the time of death. Any death gratuity payment made under this section shall be held to have been a gift and shall be in addition to any other benefit payable from any source. (b) A death gratuity payment shall be made under this section only if the survivor entitled to payment under subsection (c) is entitled to elect monthly compensation under section 8133 of title 5, United States Code, because the death resulted from an injury (excluding a disease proximately caused by the employment) sustained in the performance of duty, without regard to whether such survivor elects to waive compensation under such section 8133. (c) A death gratuity payment under this section shall be made as follows: (1) First, to the widow or widower. (2) Second, to the child, or children in equal shares, if there is no widow or widower. (3) Third, to the dependent parent, or dependent parents in equal shares, if there is no widow, widower, or child. If there is no survivor entitled to payment under this subsection, no payment shall be made. (d) As used in this section— (1) the term "Foreign Service employee" means any member of the Service or United States representative to an international organization or commission; and (2) each of the terms "widow", "widower", "child", and "parent" shall have the same meaning given each such term by section 8101 of title 5, United States Code. CHAPTER 5—CLASSIFICATION OF POSITIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

22 USC 3981.

5 USC 5101 et seq.

SEC. 501. CLASSIFICATION OF POSITIONS.—The Secretary shall desig-

nate and classify positions in the Department and at Foreign Service posts which are to be occupied by members of the Service (other than by chiefs of mission and ambassadors at large). Positions designated under this section are excepted from the competitive service. Position classifications under this section shall be established, without regard to chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, in relation to the salaries

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