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. 37358 Stat. 710July 15, 1954, ch. 507, § 14(b)68 Stat. 481Pub. L. 98–24, § 2(a)(1)97 Stat. 176Pub. L. 99–660, title III, § 311(a)100 Stat. 3755Pub. L. 100–607, title II, § 201(1)102 Stat. 3062Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2620(a)102 Stat. 4244Pub. L. 101–381, title I, § 101(1)104 Stat. 576Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2010(a)(1)107 Stat. 213(, title II, § 234, formerly title V, § 506, ; , ; renumbered title XXI, § 2106, , , ; renumbered title XXIII, § 2306, , , ; renumbered title XXV, § 2504, , (3), , , 3063; renumbered title XXVI, § 2604, , , ; renumbered title XXVII, § 2704, , (2), , ; renumbered title II, § 234, –(3), , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
section 300aaa–3 of this titlePub. L. 103–43section 300cc–5 of this titlePub. L. 100–607section 300aa–5 of this titlePub. L. 99–660section 224 of this titlePub. L. 98–24Section was formerly classified to prior to renumbering by , to prior to renumbering by , to prior to renumbering by , and to prior to renumbering by .
Amendments
1954—Act , 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.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88section 3508(b) of Title 20“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to , which is classified to , 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.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
80 Stat. 1610section 202 of this titleFunctions 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. , 31 F.R. 8855, , set out as a note under .