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[CITE: 42USC238c]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
        SUBCHAPTER I--ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
                    Part B--Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 238c. Transportation of remains of officers

    Appropriations available for traveling expenses of the Service shall 
be available for meeting the cost of preparation for burial and of 
transportation to the place of burial of remains of commissioned 
officers, and of personnel specified in regulations, who die in line of 
duty. Appropriations available for carrying out the provisions of this 
chapter shall also be available for the payment of such expenses 
relating to the recovery, care and disposition of the remains of 
personnel or their dependents as may be authorized under other 
provisions of law.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, Sec. 234, formerly title V, Sec. 506, 
58 Stat. 710; July 15, 1954, ch. 507, Sec. 14(b), 68 Stat. 481; 
renumbered title XXI, Sec. 2106, Pub. L. 98-24, Sec. 2(a)(1), Apr. 26, 
1983, 97 Stat. 176; renumbered title XXIII, Sec. 2306, Pub. L. 99-660, 
title III, Sec. 311(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3755; renumbered title 
XXV, Sec. 2504, Pub. L. 100-607, title II, Sec. 201(1), (3), Nov. 4, 
1988, 102 Stat. 3062, 3063; renumbered title XXVI, Sec. 2604, Pub. L. 
100-690, title II, Sec. 2620(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4244; 
renumbered title XXVII, Sec. 2704, Pub. L. 101-381, title I, 
Sec. 101(1), (2), Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 576; renumbered title II, 
Sec. 234, Pub. L. 103-43, title XX, Sec. 2010(a)(1)-(3), June 10, 1993, 
107 Stat. 213.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 300aaa-3 of this title 
prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 103-43, to section 300cc-5 of this title 
prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 100-607, to section 300aa-5 of this 
title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 99-660, and to section 224 of this 
title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 98-24.


                               Amendments

    1954--Act July 15, 1954, inserted sentence at end relating to 
availability of appropriations for paying expenses relating to recovery, 
care, and disposition of the remains of personnel or their dependents.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Functions of Public Health Service, Surgeon General of Public Health 
Service, and all other officers and employees of Public Health Service, 
and functions of all agencies of or in Public Health Service transferred 
to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 
1966, eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, set out as a note 
under section 202 of this title. Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare redesignated Secretary of Health and Human Services by section 
509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88 which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 
20, Education.


              Disposition of Remains of Deceased Personnel

    Recovery, care and disposition of the remains of deceased members of 
the uniformed services and other deceased personnel, see section 1481 et 
seq. of Title 10, Armed Forces.
