---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 12552"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "12552"
heading: "Funeral honors functions at funerals for veterans"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/12552"
units:
  - "Subtitle E — Reserve Components"
  - "Part II — Personnel Generally"
  - "Chapter 1215 — Miscellaneous Prohibitions and Penalties"
---

# §12552. Funeral honors functions at funerals for veterans


Performance by a [Reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) of funeral honors functions at the funeral of a veteran (as defined in [section 1491(h) of this title](/usc/10/1491.md?p=h)) may not be considered to be a period of drill or training, but may be performed as funeral honors duty under [section 12503 of this title](/usc/10/12503.md).


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 567(c)(1), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2031; amended Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 578(g)(4), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 628; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1087(a)(21)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–291.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2000—Pub. L. 106–398 inserted period at end.

1999—Pub. L. 106–65 substituted “honors functions at funerals for veterans” for “honor guard functions: prohibition of treatment as drill or training” in section catchline and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Performance by a Reserve of honor guard functions at the funeral of a veteran may not be considered to be a period of drill or training otherwise required.”