; United States city average) published for December of the preceding year over that Index published for the December of the year prior to the preceding year, adjusted to the nearest 1/10 of 1 percent. ; (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: (c) Relationship to other benefits With respect to a death occurring on or after the date of enactment of the Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act , the death gratuity payable under this section may not be reduced by the amount of any other death gratuity provided under any other provision of Federal law based on the same death. ; and (3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following: (7) If a person covered by this section does not have any eligible survivors, as described in this subsection, and that person has not designated an alternate person to receive a payment under this section, the payment shall be paid to the personal representative of the person’s estate. . 5. Agency gratuity for deaths sustained in the line of duty abroad Section 413 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 3973 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in the first sentence, by striking dependents and inserting beneficiaries ; and (B) in the second sentence, by inserting , except as provided in subsection (e) after payable from any source ; (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: (b) Executive agencies The head of an executive agency shall, pursuant to guidance issued under subsection (c), make a death gratuity payment authorized by this section to the surviving beneficiaries of— (1) any employee of that agency who dies as a result of injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad while subject to the authority of the chief of mission pursuant to section 207; or (2) an individual in a special category serving in an uncompensated capacity for that agency abroad in support of a diplomatic mission, as identified in guidance issued under subsection (c), who dies as a result of injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad.