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[CITE: 10USC1482a]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                     CHAPTER 75--DECEASED PERSONNEL
 
                      SUBCHAPTER II--DEATH BENEFITS
 
Sec. 1482a. Expenses incident to death: civilian employees 
        serving with an armed force
        
    (a) Payment of Expenses.--The Secretary concerned may pay the 
expenses incident to the death of a civilian employee who dies of 
injuries incurred in connection with the employee's service with an 
armed force in a contingency operation, or who dies of injuries incurred 
in connection with a terrorist incident occurring during the employee's 
service with an armed force, as follows:
        (1) Round-trip transportation and prescribed allowances for one 
    person to escort the remains of the employee to the place authorized 
    under section 5742(b)(1) of title 5.
        (2) Presentation of a flag of the United States to the next of 
    kin of the employee.
        (3) Presentation of a flag of equal size to the flag presented 
    under paragraph (2) to the parents or parent of the employee, if the 
    person to be presented a flag under paragraph (2) is other than the 
    parent of the employee.

    (b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 
regulations to implement this section. The Secretary of Transportation 
shall prescribe regulations to implement this section with regard to 
civilian employees of the Department of Transportation. Regulations 
under this subsection shall be uniform to the extent possible and shall 
provide for the Secretary's consideration of the conditions and 
circumstances surrounding the death of an employee and the nature of the 
employee's service with the armed force.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) The term ``civilian employee'' means a person employed by 
    the Federal Government, including a person entitled to basic pay in 
    accordance with the General Schedule provided in section 5332 of 
    title 5 or a similar basic pay schedule of the Federal Government.
        (2) The term ``contingency operation'' includes humanitarian 
    operations, peacekeeping operations, and similar operations.
        (3) The term ``parent'' has the meaning given such term in 
    section 1482(a)(11) of this title.
        (4) The term ``Secretary concerned'' includes the Secretary of 
    Defense with respect to employees of the Department of Defense who 
    are not employees of a military department.

(Added Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title III, Sec. 368(a), Nov. 30, 1993, 
107 Stat. 1633; amended Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title X, 
Sec. 1070(a)(8)(A), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2855.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-337 substituted ``civilian'' for ``Civilian'' in 
section catchline.


                             Effective Date

    Section 368(c) of Pub. L. 103-160 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by this section [enacting this section] shall apply with respect to 
the payment of incidental expenses for civilian employees who die while 
serving in a contingency operation that occurs after the date of the 
enactment of this Act [Nov. 30, 1993].''
