§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, §620(a)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 642 ; amended Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title VI, §632(b), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 1986 ; Pub. L. 103–35, title II, §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."