10 U.S.C. § 1489 — Death gratuity: members and employees dying outside the United States while assigned to intelligence duties

(a) The Secretary of Defense may pay a gratuity to surviving dependents of a service member or Defense Department employee who: (1) either (A) is assigned to a Defense intelligence component and has a disguised or concealed identity as such a member or employee, or (B) is in a category the Secretary determines is engaged in clandestine intelligence activities; and (2) dies after October 14, 1980, from injuries other than disease sustained outside the United States, when the death either (A) results from hostile or terrorist activities or (B) occurs in connection with an intelligence activity involving a substantial risk. (b) The payment: (1) equals the person’s annual basic pay or salary at death; (2) is a gift and replaces any smaller death gratuity authorized by this chapter or another Federal law; and (3) is made under the conditions for payments under section 413 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. § 3973).