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

is assigned to duty with an intelligence component of the Department of Defense and whose identity as such a member or employee is disguised or concealed; or is within a category of individuals determined by the Secretary of Defense to be engaged in clandestine intelligence activities; and resulted from hostile or terrorist activities; or occurred in connection with an intelligence activity having a substantial element of risk. shall be in an amount equal to the amount of the annual basic pay or salary of the member or employee concerned at the time of death; shall be considered a gift and shall be in lieu of payment of any lesser death gratuity authorized by this chapter or any other Federal law; and shall be made under the same conditions as apply to payments authorized by section 413 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 3973 ).