§ 435. — Funeral honors duty: allowance.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 37USC435]
TITLE 37--PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
CHAPTER 7--ALLOWANCES
Sec. 435. Funeral honors duty: allowance
(a) Allowance Authorized.--(1) The Secretary concerned may authorize
payment of an allowance to a member of the Ready Reserve for any day on
which the member performs at least two hours of funeral honors duty
pursuant to section 12503 of title 10 or section 115 of title 32.
(2) The Secretary concerned may also authorize payment of that
allowance to a member of the armed forces in a retired status for any
day on which the member serves in a funeral honors detail under section
1491 of title 10, if the time required for service in such detail
(including time for preparation) is not less than two hours. The amount
of an allowance paid to a member under this paragraph shall be in
addition to any other compensation to which the member may be entitled
under this title or title 10 or 38.
(b) Amount.--The daily rate of an allowance under this section is
$50.
(Added Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title V, Sec. 578(j), Oct. 5, 1999, 113
Stat. 630; amended Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title V,
Sec. 575(b), title X, Sec. 1087(c)(1)(A)(i)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat.
1654, 1654A-138, 1654A-292; Pub. L. 107-107, div. A, title V,
Sec. 561(b), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1119.)
Codification
Another section 435 was renumbered section 436 of this title.
Amendments
2001--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107-107 designated existing provisions as
par. (1) and added par. (2).
2000--Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title X,
Sec. 1087(c)(1)(A)(i)], made technical amendment to directory language
of Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 578(j), which enacted this section.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title V,
Sec. 575(b)], struck out heading and text of subsec. (c). Text read as
follows: ``Except for expenses reimbursed under subsection (c) of
section 12503 of title 10 or subsection (c) of section 115 of title 32,
the allowance paid under this section is the only monetary compensation
authorized to be paid a member for the performance of funeral honors
duty pursuant to such section, regardless of the grade in which the
member is serving, and shall constitute payment in full to the member.''
Effective Date of 2000 Amendment
Amendment by section 1 [[div. A], title V, Sec. 575(b)] of Pub. L.
106-398, applicable with respect to funeral honors duty performed on or
after Oct. 1, 2000, see section 1 [[div. A], title V, Sec. 575(c)] of
Pub. L. 106-398, set out as a note under section 12503 of Title 10,
Armed Forces.
Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title X, Sec. 1087(c)(1)], Oct.
30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-292, provided that the amendment made by
that section is effective as of Oct. 5, 1999, and as if included in the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, Pub. L. 106-65,
as enacted.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 10 sections 1491, 12503; title
32 section 115.
