S. 3487 would generally increase the death gratuity benefit for federal employees who die while on the job. Currently, the executor of an estate of a federal employee who dies while performing their duties is eligible to receive a death gratuity amounting to $10,000. S. 3487 would increase that amount to $100,000, adjust the amount each year to account for inflation, and require agencies to make those payments to a beneficiary specified by the federal employee prior to their death or, in the case one has not been specified, family members of that employee.
