DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT FOR PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN MILITARY FUNERAL HONORS DETAILS.

SEC. 571. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT FOR PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN MILITARY FUNERAL HONORS DETAILS. Section 1491(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “To provide a” after “Support.—” and inserting “(1) To support a”; (2) by redesignating paragraph (1) as subparagraph (A) and amending such subparagraph, as so redesignated, to read as follows: “(A) For a person who participates in a funeral honors detail (other than a person who is a member of the armed forces not in a retired status or an employee of the United States), either transportation (or reimbursement for transportation) and expenses or the daily stipend prescribed under paragraph (2).”;116 STAT. 2557 (3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as subparagraph (B) and in that subparagraph— (A) by striking “Materiel, equipment, and training for” and inserting “For”; and (B) by inserting before the period at the end “and for members of the armed forces in a retired status, materiel, equipment, and training”; (4) by redesignating paragraph (3) as subparagraph (C) and in that subparagraph— (A) by striking “Articles of clothing for” and inserting “For”; and (B) by inserting “, articles of clothing” after “subsection (b)(2)”; and (5) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: “(2) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe annually a flat rate daily stipend for purposes of paragraph (1)(A). Such stipend shall be set at a rate so as to encompass typical costs for transportation and other miscellaneous expenses for persons participating in funeral honors details who are members of the armed forces in a retired status and other persons who are not members of the armed forces or employees of the United States. “(3) A stipend paid under this subsection to a member of the armed forces in a retired status is in addition to any compensation to which the member is entitled under section 435(a)(2) of title 37 and any other compensation to which the member may be entitled.”.