Title 50, War and National DefenseRelease 119-102
§3616 Transportation of Remains of Certain Employees
Title 50 › CHAPTER 47 — NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY › § 3616
Summary
The Secretary of Defense may pay the costs that another federal law allows for a National Security Agency employee who dies while on a rotational tour of duty inside the United States or while traveling to or from that tour. A "rotational tour of duty" is when an NSA worker is moved from the agency’s headquarters to another duty station for a set time decided by regulation, and then is sent back to headquarters afterward.
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Title 50, §3616
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(a)The Secretary of Defense may pay the expenses referred to in section 5742(b) of title 5 in the case of any employee of the National Security Agency who dies while on a rotational tour of duty within the United States or while in transit to or from such tour of duty.
(b)For the purposes of this section, the term “rotational tour of duty”, with respect to an employee, means a permanent change of station involving the transfer of the employee from the National Security Agency headquarters to another post of duty for a fixed period established by regulation to be followed at the end of such period by a permanent change of station involving a transfer of the employee back to such headquarters.
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Codification Section was formerly classified in a note under section 402 of this title prior to editorial reclassification as this section.
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50 U.S.C. § 3616
Title 50, War and National Defense
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102