(a) The Secretary concerned may, if a dependent of a member of an armed force dies while the member is on active duty (other than for training), provide for, and pay the necessary expenses of, transporting the remains of the deceased dependent to the home of the decedent or to any other place that the Secretary determines to be the appropriate place of interment.
(b) The Secretary may furnish mortuary services and supplies, on a reimbursable basis, for persons covered by subsection (a), if (1) that action is practicable, and (2) local commercial mortuary services and supplies are not available or the Secretary believes that their cost is prohibitive.
(c) Reimbursement for mortuary services and supplies furnished under this section shall be collected and credited to appropriations available, at the time of reimbursement, for those services and supplies.
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Subtitle A— General Military Law
CHAPTER 75— DECEASED PERSONNEL
§ 1476. Death gratuity: death after discharge or release from duty or training
§ 1477. Death gratuity: eligible survivors
§ 1478. Death gratuity: amount
§ 1479. Death gratuity: delegation of determinations, payments
§ 1480. Death gratuity: miscellaneous provisions
§ 1481. Recovery, care, and disposition of remains: decedents covered
§ 1482. Expenses incident to death
§ 1482a. Expenses incident to death: civilian employees serving with an armed force
§ 1483. Prisoners of war and interned enemy aliens
§ 1484. Pensioners, indigent patients, and persons who die on military reservations
§ 1485. Dependents of members of armed forces
§ 1486. Other citizens of United States