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 PUBLIC LAW 107-107—DEC. 28, 2001 115 STAT. 1119 more comprehensive, uniform policy for the award of decorations to military and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense. SEC. 558. POSTHUMOUS AEMY COMMISSION IN THE GRADE OF CAP- TAIN IN THE CHAPLAINS CORPS TO ELLA E. GIBSON FOR SERVICE AS CHAPLAIN OF THE FIRST WISCONSIN HEAVY ARTILLERY REGIMENT DURING THE CIVIL WAR. The President is authorized and requested to posthumously appoint Ella E. Gibson to the grade of captain in the Chaplains Corps of the Army, the commission to issue as of the date of her appointment as chaplain to the First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery regiment during the Civil War and to be considered to have been in effect during the time during which she faithfully performed the services of a chaplain to that regiment and for which Congress by law (Private Resolution 31 of the 40th Congress, approved March 3, 1869) previously provided for her to be paid the full pay and emoluments of a chaplain in the United States Army as if she had been regularly commissioned and mustered into service. Subtitle G—Funeral Honors Duty SEC. 561. PARTICIPATION OF MILITARY RETIREES IN FUNERAL HONORS DETAILS. (a) AUTHORITY. —Subsection (b)(2) of section 1491 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by inserting "(other than members in a retired status)" after "members of the armed forces"; and (2) in the second sentence, by inserting "(including members in a retired status)," after "members of the armed forces". (b) FUNERAL HONORS DUTY ALLOWANCE. —Section 435(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after "(a) ALLOWANCE AUTHOR- IZED. —"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(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.". SEC. 562. FUNERAL HONORS DUTY PERFORMED BY RESERVE AND GUARD MEMBERS TO BE TREATED AS INACTIVE-DUTY TRAINING FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. (a) RESERVE MEMBERS. —Section 12503(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: "Performance of funeral honors duty by a Reserve not on active duty shall be treated as inactive-duty training (including with respect to travel to and from such duty) for purposes of any provision of law other than sections 206 and 435 of title 37.". (b) NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS.—Section 115(a) of title 32, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: "Performance of funeral honors duty by such a

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