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 1452 10 USC 1441.

PUBLIC LAW 85-861-SEPT. 2, 1958

[72 S T A T.

(31B) Section 1441 is amended by inserting the words "except section 1115 of title 38" after the word "Administration". 1488 " s ^ ^**^(32) Chapter 75 is amended— (A) Dy inserting the following new sections at the beginning thereof: "§1475. Death gratuity: death of members on active duty or inactive duty training and of certain other persons " (a) Except as provided in section 1480 of this title, the Secretary concerned shall have a death gratuity paid to or for the survivor prescribed by section 1477 of uiis title, immediately upon receiving official notification of the death of— "(1) a member of an armed force under his jurisdiction who dies while on active duty or while performing authorized travel to or from active duty; "(2) a Reserve of an armed force who dies while on inactive duty training (other than work or study in connection with a correspondence course of an armed force or attendance, in an inactive status, at an educational institution under the sponsorship of an armed force or the Public Health Service); "(3) any Reserve of an armed force who, when authorized or required by an authority designated by the Secretary, assumed an obligation to perform active duty for training, or inactive duty training (other than work or study in connection with a correspondence course of an armed force or attendance, in an inactive status, at an educational institution, under the sponsorship of an armed force or the Public Health Service), and who dies from an injury incurred by him after December 31, 1956, while traveling directly to or from that active duty for training or inactive duty training; "(4) any member of a reserve officers' training corps who dies while performing annual training duty under orders for a period of more than 13 days, or while performing authorized travel to or from that annual training duty; or "(5) a person who dies while traveling to or from or while at a place for final acceptance, or for entry upon active duty (other than for training), in an armed force, who has been ordered or directed to go to that place, and who— " (A) has been provisionally accepted for that duty; or " (B) has been selected, under the Universal Military 62 Stat. 604. Training and Service Act (50 App. U.S.C. 451 et seq.), for service in that armed force. " (b) This section does not apply to the survivors of persons who were temporary members of the Coast Guard Reserve at the time of their death. "§ 1476. Death gratuity: death after discharge or release from duty or training " (a) Except as provided in section 1480 of this title, the Secretary concerned shall have a death gratuity paid to or for the survivor prescribed by section 1477 of this title of each person who dies within 120 days after his discharge or release from— "(1) active duty; or "(2) inactive duty training (other than work or study in connection with a correspondence course of an armed force or attendance, in an inactive status, at an educational institution under the sponsorship of an armed force or the Public Health Service); if the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs determines that the death resulted from (A) disease or injury incurred or aggravated while performing duty under clause (1) or the travel described in subsection

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