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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 411f. Travel and transportation allowances: transportation for survivors of deceased member to attend the member's burial ceremonies
(a) Allowances Authorized. - (1) The Secretary concerned may
provide round trip travel and transportation allowances to eligible
relatives of a member of the uniformed services who dies while on
active duty or inactive duty in order that the eligible relatives
may attend the burial ceremony of the deceased member.
(2) The Secretary concerned may also provide round trip travel
and transportation allowances to an attendant who accompanies an
eligible relative provided travel and transportation allowances
under paragraph (1) for travel to the burial ceremony if the
Secretary concerned determines that -
(A) the accompanied eligible relative is unable to travel
unattended because of age, physical condition, or other
justifiable reason; and
(B) there is no other eligible relative of the deceased member
traveling to the burial ceremony who is eligible for travel and
transportation allowances under paragraph (1) and is qualified to
serve as the attendant.
(b) Limitations. - (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and
(3), allowances under subsection (a) 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 two days and the time necessary for such travel.
(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
subsection (a) may be provided to and from such place and may not
exceed the rates for two days and the time necessary for such
travel.
(3) If a deceased member is interred in a cemetery maintained by
the American Battle Monuments Commission, the travel and
transportation allowances authorized under subsection (a) may be
provided to and from such cemetery and may not exceed the rates for
two days and the time necessary for such travel.
(c) Eligible Relatives. - (1) The following members of the family
of a deceased member of the uniformed services are eligible for the
travel and transportation allowances under subsection (a)(1):
(A) The surviving spouse (including a remarried surviving
spouse) of the deceased member.
(B) The unmarried child or children of the deceased member
referred to in section 401(a)(2) of this title.
(C) If no person described in subparagraph (A) or (B) is
provided travel and transportation allowances under subsection
(a)(1), the parent or parents of the deceased member (as defined
in section 401(b)(2) of this title).
(2) If no person described in paragraph (1) is provided travel
and transportation allowances under subsection (a)(1), the travel
and transportation allowances may be provided to -
(A) the person who directs the disposition of the remains of
the deceased member under section 1482(c) of title 10, or, in the
case of a deceased member whose remains are commingled and buried
in a common grave in a national cemetery, the person who would
have been designated under such section to direct the disposition
of the remains if individual identification had been made; and
(B) up to two additional persons closely related to the
deceased member who are selected by the person referred to in
subparagraph (A).
(d) Expanded Allowances Related to Recovery of Remains From
Vietnam Conflict. - (1) The Secretary of Defense may provide round
trip travel and transportation allowances for the family of a
deceased member of the armed forces who died while classified as a
prisoner of war or as missing in action during the Vietnam conflict
and whose remains are returned to the United States in order that
the family members may attend the burial ceremony of the deceased
member.
(2) The allowances under paragraph (1) shall include round trip
transportation from the places of residence of such family members
to the burial ceremony and such living expenses and other
allowances as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate.
(3) For purposes of paragraph (1), eligible family members of the
deceased member of the armed forces include the following:
(A) The surviving spouse (including a remarried surviving
spouse) of the deceased member.
(B) The child or children, including children described in
section 401(b)(1) of this title, of the deceased member.
(C) The parent or parents of the deceased member (as defined in
section 401(b)(2) of this title).
(D) If no person described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) is
provided travel and transportation allowances under paragraph
(1), any brothers, sisters, halfbrothers, halfsisters,
stepbrothers, and stepsisters of the deceased member.
(e) Burial Ceremony Defined. - In this section, the term "burial
ceremony" includes the following:
(1) An interment of casketed or cremated remains.
(2) A placement of cremated remains in a columbarium.
(3) A memorial service for which reimbursement is authorized
under section 1482(d)(2) of title 10.
(4) A burial of commingled remains that cannot be individually
identified in a common grave in a national cemetery.
(f) Regulations. - The Secretaries concerned shall prescribe
uniform regulations to carry out this section.
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