Editorial Notes
References in Text

The date of the enactment of this paragraph, referred to in subsec. (c)(2), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 114–158, which was approved May 20, 2016.

Amendments

2016—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114–158 added subsec. (c).

1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 1010 of this title as this section.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–54 substituted “each military department” for “the military departments”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2016 Amendment

Pub. L. 114–158, § 1(b), May 20, 2016, 130 Stat. 394, provided that:

“(1)
In general.—
The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to—
“(A)
the remains of a person that are not formally interred or inurned as of the date of the enactment of this Act [May 20, 2016]; and
“(B)
a person who dies on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
“(2)
Formally interred or inurned defined.—
In this subsection, the term ‘formally interred or inurned’ means interred or inurned in a cemetery, crypt, mausoleum, columbarium, niche, or other similar formal location.”