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[CITE: 38USC2307]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
                       CHAPTER 23--BURIAL BENEFITS
 
Sec. 2307. Death from service-connected disability

    In any case in which a veteran dies as the result of a service-
connected disability or disabilities, the Secretary, upon the request of 
the survivors of such veteran, shall pay the burial and funeral expenses 
incurred in connection with the death of the veteran in an amount not 
exceeding the greater of (1) $1,500, or (2) the amount authorized to be 
paid under section 8134(a) of title 5 in the case of a Federal employee 
whose death occurs as the result of an injury sustained in the 
performance of duty. Funeral and burial benefits provided under this 
section shall be in lieu of any benefits authorized under sections 2302 
and 2303(a)(1) and (b) of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 93-43, Sec. 5(a)(2), June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 80, 
Sec. 907; amended Pub. L. 95-479, title III, Sec. 303(c), Oct. 18, 1978, 
92 Stat. 1565; Pub. L. 100-322, title III, Sec. 303, May 20, 1988, 102 
Stat. 534; Pub. L. 101-237, title III, Sec. 313(b)(1), Dec. 18, 1989, 
103 Stat. 2077; renumbered Sec. 2307 and amended Pub. L. 102-83, 
Sec. 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 907 of this title as this 
section and substituted ``2302 and 2303(a)(1)'' for ``902 and 
903(a)(1)''.
    1989--Pub. L. 101-237 substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator''.
    1988--Pub. L. 100-322 substituted ``$1,500'' for ``$1,100''.
    1978--Pub. L. 95-479 inserted ``the greater of (1) $1,100, or (2)'' 
after ``not exceeding''.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-322 effective Apr. 1, 1988, see section 304 
of Pub. L. 100-322, set out as a note under section 2102 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-479 effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 
401(a) of Pub. L. 95-479, set out as a note under section 1114 of this 
title.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Sept. 1, 1973, or such earlier date as the 
President may prescribe and publish in the Federal Register, see section 
10(c) of Pub. L. 93-43, set out as a note under section 2306 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 113, 2308 of this title; 
title 2 section 905.
