Pub. L. 100-453, tit. VII, sec. 704

Sec. 704. (a) During fiscal year 1989, the Secretary of Defense may pay a death gratuity identical to that payable under section 1489(b) of title 10, United States Code, to the surviving dependents of a member of the Armed Forces who, while serving on active duty assigned to a Defense attaché office outside the United States, died as a result of hostile or terrorist activities. (b) The death gratuity referred to in subsection (a) may be paid with respect to an individual who died on or after June 15, 1988. (c) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress no later than March 1, 1989, a report concerning the advisability of permanent law permitting the payment of death gratuities to the survivors of any member of the armed services who, while on active duty assigned to a Defense attaché office outside the United States, dies as a result of hostile or terrorist activities.