§2708a — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

The President can give a Thomas Jefferson Star for Foreign Service when the Secretary recommends it. It is for any Foreign Service member or other U.S. civilian employee who, while working at or assigned to an overseas mission or traveling abroad on official business, suffered a wound, injury, or illness (even if it caused death) that happened while doing official duties, on the grounds of a U.S. mission abroad, or because the person was a U.S. Government employee. The Secretary must set the rules for how people are identified and chosen and must design the star. If the winner dies before getting it, the star can be given to the family or the person’s representative chosen by the President. The award has no cash payment. Costs to give the award can come from the personnel funds available to the person’s agency at the time of the injury.

Title 22, §2708a

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(a)The President, upon the recommendation of the Secretary, may award a Thomas Jefferson Star for Foreign Service to any member of the Foreign Service or any other civilian employee of the Government of the United States who, while employed at, or assigned permanently or temporarily to, an official mission overseas or while traveling abroad on official business, incurred a wound or other injury or an illness (whether or not the wound, other injury, or illness resulted in death)—

(1)as the person was performing official duties;

(2)as the person was on the premises of a United States mission abroad; or

(3)by reason of the person’s status as a United States Government employee.

(b)The Secretary shall prescribe the procedures for identifying and considering persons eligible for award of a Thomas Jefferson Star for Foreign Service and for selecting the persons to be recommended for the award.

(c)If a person selected for award of a Thomas Jefferson Star for Foreign Service dies before being presented the award, the award may be made and the star presented to the person’s family or to the person’s representative, as designated by the President.

(d)The Secretary shall prescribe the design of the Thomas Jefferson Star for Foreign Service. The award may not include a stipend or any other cash payment.

(e)Any expenses incurred in awarding a person a Thomas Jefferson Star for Foreign Service may be paid out of appropriations available at the time of the award for personnel of the department or agency of the United States Government in which the person was employed when the person incurred the wound, injury, or illness upon which the award is based.

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Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–228 substituted “Thomas Jefferson Star for Foreign Service” for “Foreign Service star” in section catchline and wherever appearing in text.

§2708a Award of Thomas Jefferson Star for Foreign Service

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Title 22, §2708a

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