Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§1479 Death Gratuity: Delegation of Determinations, Payments
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 75 — DECEASED PERSONNEL › SUBCHAPTER II — DEATH BENEFITS › § 1479
Summary
To make immediate payments under section 1475, the Secretary must let the local commanding officer where the survivor lives pick who is the eligible beneficiary, and must let the local pay official make or certify the payment to that person.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §1479
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For the purpose of making immediate payments under section 1475 of this title, the Secretary concerned shall—
(1)authorize the commanding officer of a territorial command, installation, or district in which a survivor of a person covered by that section is residing to determine the beneficiary eligible for the death gratuity; and
(2)authorize a disbursing or certifying official of each of those commands, installations, or districts to make the payments to the beneficiary, or certify the payments due them, as the case may be.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 147938:1132.Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 837, § 302, 70 Stat. 868. The word “territorial” is substituted for the words “military or naval”, since the subsection could only apply to that type of command, installation, or district. Clause (2) is substituted for 38:1132(2).
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1982—Par. (2). Pub. L. 97–258 substituted “official” for “officer”.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 1479
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102