TRANSPORTATION OF REMAINS.

SEC. 652. TRANSPORTATION OF REMAINS. (a) Transportation of Remains of Deceased Retired Members Who Die Outside United States.— (1) Section 1481 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (A) in subsection (a)— (i) by striking out “the remains of—” and inserting in lieu thereof “the remains of the following persons:’, (ii) by capitalizing the first letter of the first word in each paragraph; (iii) by striking out the semicolon at the end of each paragraph (other than paragraphs (7) and (8)) and inserting in lieu thereof a period; (iv) by striking out “; and” at the end of paragraph (7) and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and (v) by adding after paragraph (8) the following new paragraph: “(9) To the extent authorized under section 1482(g) of this title, any retired member of an armed force who dies while outside the United States or any individual who dies outside the United States while a dependent of such a member.”; and (B) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(c) In this section, the term ‘dependent’ has the meaning given such term in section 1072(2) of this title”. (2) Section 1482 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(g) The payment of expenses incident to the recovery, care, and disposition of a decedent covered by section 1481(a)(9) of this title is limited to the payment of expenses described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (a) and air transportation of the remains from a location outside the United States to a point of entry in the United States. Such air transportation may be provided without reimbursement on a space-available basis in military or military-chartered aircraft. The Secretary concerned shall pay all other expenses authorized to be paid under this subsection only 108 STAT. 2794on a reimbursable basis. Amounts reimbursed to the Secretary concerned under this subsection shall be credited to appropriations available, at the time of reimbursement, for the payment of such expenses.”. (3) The amendments made by this subsection shall apply with respect to the remains of, and incidental expenses incident to the recovery, care, and disposition of, an individual who dies after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Transportation of Remains of Deceased Veterans on Aeromedical Evacuation Aircraft.— (1) Subsection (a) of section 2641 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period the following: “or of transporting the remains of a deceased veteran who died at such a facility after being transported to the facility under this subsection. Transportation of the remains of a deceased veteran under this subsection may be provided to the place from which the veteran was transported to the facility or to any other destination which is not farther away from the facility than such place”. (2) Such section is further amended— (A) in subsection (b)— (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting “(or for the remains of a veteran)” after “furnished to a veteran”; (ii) in paragraph (1), by inserting “(or of the remains of such veteran)” after “of such veteran”; and (iii) in paragraph (2), by inserting “(or the remains of the veteran)” after “for the veteran”; (B) in subsection (d)(1)— (i) by inserting “(or on the survivors of a veteran)” after “on a veteran”; and (ii) by inserting “(or for the remains of the veteran)” after “to the veteran”; and (C) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting “(or for the remains of veterans)” after “to veterans”.