immediate payment of death gratuity

immediate payment of death gratuity Sec. 302. In order that payments under section 301 may be made immediately, the Secretary concerned (1) shall authorize the commanding officers of military or naval commands, installations, or districts, in which survivors or deceased members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard are residing, to determine the survivors eligible to receive the death gratuity, and (2) shall authorize the disbursing or certifying officer of each such command, installation, or district to make the payments to the survivors so determined, or certify the payments due to such survivors, as may be appropriate.