10 U.S.C. § 1492 — Authority to provide travel and transportation allowances in connection with transfer ceremonies of certain civilian employees who die overseas

(a) Authority. A covered official may treat a covered relative of a covered employee under that official’s jurisdiction the same way a military-department Secretary treats, under section 481f(d) of title 37, the next of kin and family members of an armed-forces member who dies while overseas.
(b) Definitions. “Covered employee” means a civilian employee under the covered official’s jurisdiction who dies while overseas. “Covered official” means the concerned military-department Secretary or the head of a Defense Agency^* or Department of Defense Field Activity^*. “Covered relative” means the employee’s primary next of kin, two other family members, and, at the Secretary’s discretion, one or more additional family members who are siblings of the employee.