10 U.S.C. § 1487 — Temporary interment
submitted 70 years ago by ch. 1041 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 90 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary concerned may obtain temporary grave sites or land when remains must await transport to a designated cemetery.
When needed for temporary burial while remains await transport under this chapter to a designated cemetery, the Secretary concerned* may obtain and maintain grave sites in commercial cemeteries or obtain the right to use them. If the death occurs outside the United States and no temporary commercial grave site is reasonably available, the Secretary may obtain the land or right to use land needed for temporary burial.
Whenever necessary for the temporary interment of remains pending transportation under this chapter to a designated cemetery, the Secretary concerned* may acquire, and provide for the maintenance of, grave sites in commercial cemeteries, or he may acquire the right to use such grave sites for burial purposes. If the death occurs outside the United States and a temporary commercial grave site is not available on a reasonable basis, the Secretary may acquire land, or the right to use land, necessary for the temporary interment of the remains under this chapter.
Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 115.)
- 1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
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