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10 U.S.C. 12552: Funeral honors functions at funerals for veterans

Created in 1998 by the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261). Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2000

    • Pub. L. 106–398 inserted period at end. (Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001) Law text

    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 fune… (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000) Law text

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.