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[CITE: 10USC1485]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                     CHAPTER 75--DECEASED PERSONNEL
 
                      SUBCHAPTER II--DEATH BENEFITS
 
Sec. 1485. Dependents of members of armed forces

    (a) The Secretary concerned may, if a dependent of a member of an 
armed force dies while the member is on active duty (other than for 
training), provide for, and pay the necessary expenses of, transporting 
the remains of the deceased dependent to the home of the decedent or to 
any other place that the Secretary determines to be the appropriate 
place of interment.
    (b) The Secretary may furnish mortuary services and supplies, on a 
reimbursable basis, for persons covered by subsection (a), if (1) that 
action is practicable, and (2) local commercial mortuary services and 
supplies are not available or the Secretary believes that their cost is 
prohibitive.
    (c) Reimbursement for mortuary services and supplies furnished under 
this section shall be collected and credited to appropriations 
available, at the time of reimbursement, for those services and 
supplies.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 114; Pub. L. 89-150, Sec. 1(1), Aug. 
28, 1965, 79 Stat. 585.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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1485(a)...............................  5:2157 (1st sentence, as applicable  Ju
ly 15, 1954, ch. 507, Sec.  7(a)
                                         to armed forces).                    (
as applicable to armed forces),
                                        5:2157 (2d sentence, as applicable    6
8 Stat. 479.
1485(b)...............................   to armed forces).
1485(c)...............................  5:2157 (less 1st and 2d sentences,
                                         as applicable to armed forces).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``a member of an armed force'' are 
substituted for the words ``military personnel''. The words ``the 
continental limits * * * or in Alaska'' are omitted as covered by the 
definition of ``United States'' in section 101(1) of this title. The 
words ``while traveling'' are substituted for the words ``while in 
transit''.
    In subsection (b), the word ``services'' is substituted for the word 
``facilities''.
    In subsection (c), the words ``the authority of'' and ``the payments 
of'' are omitted as surplusage. The words ``at the time of 
reimbursement'' are substituted for the word ``current''.


                               Amendments

    1965--Pub. L. 89-150 struck out ``; death while outside United 
States'' in section catchline.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89-150 substituted provision for payment of 
transportation expenses of remains of deceased dependent of a member of 
an armed force while the member is on active duty (other than for 
training), for former provision for payment of the expenses where the 
member of the armed force is on active duty at a place outside the 
United States and the dependent dies while residing with that member or 
while traveling to or from that place.
