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10 U.S.C. § 1491

Funeral honors functions at funerals for veterans

United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective

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10 U.S.C. § 1491, Funeral honors functions at funerals for veterans, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/433443
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The Secretary concerned shall provide full military honors (as determined by the Secretary concerned) for the funeral of a veteran who— To support a funeral honors detail under this section, the Secretary of a military department may provide the following: The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. Those regulations shall include the following: In this section, the term “veteran” means a decedent who—

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