2011 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law (§§ 101 - 2925)
Part II - PERSONNEL (§§ 501 - 1805)
Chapter 75 - DECEASED PERSONNEL (§§ 1471 - 1491)
Subchapter II - DEATH BENEFITS (§§ 1475 - 1491)
Section 1479 - Death gratuity: delegation of determinations, payments
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 75 - DECEASED PERSONNEL SUBCHAPTER II - DEATH BENEFITS Sec. 1479 - Death gratuity: delegation of determinations, payments |
| Contains | section 1479 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 85-861, §1(32)(A), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1455; amended Pub. L. 97-258, §2(b)(1)(A), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1052. |
| Statutes at Large References | 70 Stat. 868 72 Stat. 1455 96 Stat. 1052 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 85-861, Public Law 97-258 |
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For the purpose of making immediate payments under section 1475 of this title, the Secretary concerned shall—
(1) authorize the commanding officer of a territorial command, installation, or district in which a survivor of a person covered by that section is residing to determine the beneficiary eligible for the death gratuity; and
(2) authorize a disbursing or certifying official of each of those commands, installations, or districts to make the payments to the beneficiary, or certify the payments due them, as the case may be.
(Added Pub. L. 85–861, §1(32)(A), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1455; amended Pub. L. 97–258, §2(b)(1)(A), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1052.)
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 1479 | 38:1132. | Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 837, §302, 70 Stat. 868. |
The word “territorial” is substituted for the words “military or naval”, since the subsection could only apply to that type of command, installation, or district. Clause (2) is substituted for 38:1132(2).
Amendments1982—Par. (2). Pub. L. 97–258 substituted “official” for “officer”.
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