480
PUBLIC LAW 495-JULY 15, 1954
[68 S T A T.
ment concerned is authorized to pay the necessary expenses incurred for the transportation of remains to such person's home or to such other place as the head of the department concerned shall determine to be the appropriate place for interment. Mortuary services and supplies may be furnished, if practicable, by the department concerned in respect of such dependents on a reimbursable basis where local commercial mortuary facilities and supplies are not available, or if available, the cost thereof is prohibitive in the opinion of the head of such Reimbursement, department. Reimbursement for the cost of mortuary services and supplies furnished under the authority of this subsection shall be collected and credited to current appropriations available for the payment of such costs." SEC. 8. I n the case of death occurring outside the continental limits of the United States or in Alaska, if local commercial mortuary facilities and supplies are not available, or if available the cost thereof is prohibitive in the opinion of the Secretary, mortuary services and supplies may be furnished by the Secretary on a reimbursable basis Red Cross,USD, in rcspcct 01 citizcus of the United States who are (a) employees of humanitarian agencies accredited to the Armed Forces of the United States, such as the American Red Cross and United Service Organizaciviuans. tion. Incorporated; (b) civilians performing services directly for the Secretary by virtue of employment by an agency under contract with Merchant vessel the Secretary; (c) masters, officers, and members of crews of merchant vessels operated by or for the account of the United States Armed Forces, through the Secretary; (d) personnel on duty with the Armed Forces of the United States who are paid from nonappropriated funds; state Department (e) persous withiu a class uot Specifically enumerated in this section, Dependents. upou the spccific request of the Department of State; or (f) dependents of citizens of the United States within the classes enumerated in this section who at the time of death reside abroad with the supporting citizen concerned. Government transportation for the remains of persons specified in this section to a port of entry in the United States may be furnished by the Secretary on a reimbursable basis. Reimbursement for the cost of services, supplies, and transportation furnished under the authority of this section shall be collected and credited to current appropriations available for such costs. Ten^jorary intei- SEC. 9. The Secretary IS authorized, when such action is necessary ment. """ for the temporary interment of remains pending transportation to a designated cemetery as authorized by this Act, to acquire by purchase or otherwise, and to provide for the care and maintenance of, single or multiple grave sites in commercial cemeteries, or to acquire the right to use such grave sites for burial purposes. In the case of death occurring in locations outside continental United States where temporary commercial grave sites are not available on a reasonable basis, the Secretary is authorized to acquire land, or the right to use land, necessary for the temporary interment of remains as authorized by this Act. Transfer o £ reSEC. 10. The Secretary is authorized to provide for the removal of mains. remains from cemeteries on military reservations (including installation cemeteries), when such cemeteries have been, or are to be, discontinued, to national cemeteries, other installation cemeteries, or other cemeteries and for the removal from places of temporary interment, abandoned graves or abandoned cemeteries to national cemeteries, of the remains of military personnel whose last service terminated honorably by death or otherwise, t ^®J;""J^"'*,*'**"* SEC. 11. I n any case where expenses which are allowable under section 2 of this Act are borne by individuals, reimbursement to such individuals or their representatives may be made by the Secretary for such expenses in an amount not in excess of the cost normally incurred by the Secretary in furnishing such services or supplies as authorized
�
