{"data":{"id":"us/10-u.s.c.-1479","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 U.S.C. § 1479","heading":"Death gratuity: delegation of determinations, payments","body":"For the purpose of making immediate payments under section 1475 of this title, the Secretary concerned shall—(1) authorize the commanding officer of a territorial command, installation, or district in which a survivor of a person covered by that section is residing to determine the beneficiary eligible for the death gratuity; and (2) authorize a disbursing or certifying official of each of those commands, installations, or districts to make the payments to the beneficiary, or certify the payments due them, as the case may be.","path":["Title 10—ARMED FORCES","CHAPTER 75—DECEASED PERSONNEL"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc10@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:10Z","sha256":"4bd984d3d95b6c853280e3ab71937a636164104f235bee4a81939d15c453684f","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/10-u.s.c.-1478","next":"us/10-u.s.c.-1480"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}