§1482a Expenses Incident to Death: Civilian Employees Serving with an Armed Force

Summary

Allows the proper Secretary to pay certain death-related costs when a federal civilian serving with an armed force dies from service-related injuries in a contingency operation or from a terrorist incident. Payments can cover round-trip travel and normal allowances for one person to escort the remains to the place allowed under section 5742(b)(1) of title 5. A U.S. flag will be given to the next of kin, and if that person is not a parent, an equal-size flag may also be given to the parent or parents. The Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security must make matching rules to carry this out and must consider the death’s circumstances and the employee’s service. Definitions: “civilian employee” — a federal worker paid under the General Schedule or similar plan; “contingency operation” — includes humanitarian and peacekeeping operations; “parent” — see section 1482(e)(5)(A); “Secretary concerned” — includes the Secretary of Defense for certain DoD civilian employees.