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[CITE: 37USC411f]

 
         TITLE 37--PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
 
                          CHAPTER 7--ALLOWANCES
 
Sec. 411f. Travel and transportation allowances: transportation 
        for survivors of deceased member to attend the member's burial 
        ceremonies
        
    (a) Under uniform regulations prescribed by the Secretaries 
concerned, round trip travel and transportation allowances may be 
provided the dependents of a member who dies while on active duty or 
inactive duty in order that such dependents may attend the burial 
ceremonies of the deceased member.
    (b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), allowances under this 
section are limited to travel and transportation to a location in the 
United States, Puerto Rico, and the possessions of the United States and 
may not exceed the rates for 2 days.
    (2) If a deceased member was ordered or called to active duty from a 
place outside the United States, Puerto Rico, or the possessions of the 
United States, the allowances authorized under this section may be 
provided to and from such place and may be extended to accommodate the 
time necessary for such travel.
    (c) In this section, the term ``dependents'' includes the dependents 
specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 401(a) of this title. 
However, if no person qualifies under such paragraphs, the parents of a 
member (including stepparent or parent by adoption, or any person, 
including a former stepparent, who has stood in loco parentis to the 
member at any time for a continuous period of at least 5 years before 
the member became 21 years of age) may be paid the travel and 
transportation allowances authorized under this section.

(Added Pub. L. 99-145, title VI, Sec. 620(a)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 
642; amended Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, title VI, Sec. 632(b), Sept. 29, 
1988, 102 Stat. 1986; Pub. L. 103-35, title II, Sec. 204(a)(2), May 31, 
1993, 107 Stat. 102.)


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-35 substituted ``section 401(a) of 
this title'' for ``section 401 of this title''.
    1988--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-456 substituted ``or inactive duty in 
order that such dependents may'' for ``for a period of 30 days or more 
in order to''.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Section 632(c) of Pub. L. 100-456 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by this section [amending this section and section 411h of this 
title] shall take effect on October 1, 1988.''


                             Effective Date

    Section 620(b) of Pub. L. 99-145 provided that: ``The travel and 
transportation allowance authorized by the amendments made by this 
section [enacting this section] is payable only for travel that 
commences after September 30, 1985.''
