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[CITE: 10USC1487]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                     CHAPTER 75--DECEASED PERSONNEL
 
                      SUBCHAPTER II--DEATH BENEFITS
 
Sec. 1487. Temporary interment

    Whenever necessary for the temporary interment of remains pending 
transportation under this chapter to a designated cemetery, the 
Secretary concerned may acquire, and provide for the maintenance of, 
grave sites in commercial cemeteries, or he may acquire the right to use 
such grave sites for burial purposes. If the death occurs outside the 
United States and a temporary commercial grave site is not available on 
a reasonable basis, the Secretary may acquire land, or the right to use 
land, necessary for the temporary interment of the remains under this 
chapter.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 115.)

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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
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1487..................................  5:2159 (as applicable to armed       Ju
ly 15, 1954, ch. 507, Sec.  9 (as
                                         forces).                             a
pplicable to armed forces), 68
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tat. 480.
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    The words ``as authorized by this chapter, section 103a(c) of this 
Title, and section 224 of Title 42'', ``by purchase or otherwise'', 
``care and'', and ``single or multiple'' are omitted as surplusage. The 
word ``continental'' is omitted as covered by the definition of ``United 
States'' in section 101(1) of this title.
