---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 1492"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "1492"
heading: "Authority to provide travel and transportation allowances in connection with transfer ceremonies of certain civilian employees who die overseas"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/1492"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 75 — Deceased Personnel"
  - "Subchapter II — Death Benefits"
---

# §1492. Authority to provide travel and transportation allowances in connection with transfer ceremonies of certain civilian employees who die overseas

- (a) **Authority.—** A covered official may treat a covered relative of a covered employee under the jurisdiction of that covered official in the same manner the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) treats, under section 481f(d)[^1] of title 37, next of kin and family members of a member of the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) who dies while located or serving overseas.
- (b) **Definitions.—** In this section:
  - (1) The term “covered employee” means a civilian employee—
    - (A) under the jurisdiction of a covered official; and
    - (B) who dies while located or serving overseas.
  - (2) The term “covered official” means—
    - (A) the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of the [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) concerned; and
    - (B) the head of a [Defense Agency](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-11) or [Department of Defense Field Activity](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-12).
  - (3) The term “covered relative” means—
    - (A) the [primary next of kin](/usc/10/1513.md?p=4) of the covered employee;
    - (B) two family members (other than [primary next of kin](/usc/10/1513.md?p=4)) of the covered employee; and
    - (C) one or more additional family members of the covered employee, at the discretion of the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) a sibling of the covered employee.

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XI, § 1104(a)(1), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3889.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 481f of title 37, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title VI, § 604(a), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1767.