10 U.S.C. § 1479 — Death gratuity: delegation of determinations, payments

submitted 68 years ago by Pub. L. 85-861 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 86 words · no verdicts yet

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This section concerns Death gratuity: delegation of determinations, payments. It sets out the provisions governing that subject.

to making immediate payments under section 1475 of this title , the Secretary concerned must— (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.

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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.

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.)

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1958Enacted · Pub. L. 85-861 · 72 Stat. 1455
1982Amended · Pub. L. 97-258 · 96 Stat. 1052

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