10 U.S.C. § 1477
Death gratuity: eligible survivors
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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- 10 U.S.C. § 1477, Death gratuity: eligible survivors, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/433428
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If a person covered by section 1475 or 1476 of this title does not make a designation under subsection (a) or designates only a portion of the amount payable under section 1478 of this title, the amount of the death gratuity not covered by a designation shall be paid as follows:
Subsection (b)(2) applies, without regard to age or marital status, to—
illegitimate children of a male decedent—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991House: no recorded tallySenate: 91–8
- U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007House: 348–73Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
- Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009