Us Code § 2647 - Next-of-kin of persons unaccounted for from conflicts after World War II: transportation to annual meetings
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§ 2647. Next-of-kin of persons unaccounted for from conflicts after World War II: transportation to annual meetings
The Secretary of Defense may provide transportation for the next-of-kin of persons who are unaccounted for from the Korean conflict, the Cold War, Vietnam War era, or the Persian Gulf War to and from an annual meeting in the United States. Such transportation shall be provided under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe.
(Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, §574(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1122.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Availability of Funds for Next-of-Kin of Vietnam Era Individuals
Pub. L. 107–117, div. A, title VIII, §8018, Jan. 10, 2002, 115 Stat. 2251, provided that: "Funds available in this Act [see Tables for classification] and hereafter may be used to provide transportation for the next-of-kin of individuals who have been prisoners of war or missing in action from the Vietnam era to an annual meeting in the United States, under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe."
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 106–259, title VIII, §8018, Aug. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 678.
Pub. L. 106–79, title VIII, §8018, Oct. 25, 1999, 113 Stat. 1235.
Pub. L. 105–262, title VIII, §8018, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2301.
Pub. L. 105–56, title VIII, §8018, Oct. 8, 1997, 111 Stat. 1224.
Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, §101(b) [title VIII, §8019], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–71, 3009–92.
Pub. L. 104–61, title VIII, §8025, Dec. 1, 1995, 109 Stat. 657.
Pub. L. 103–335, title VIII, §8031, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2625.
Pub. L. 103–139, title VIII, §8034, Nov. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 1447.
Pub. L. 102–396, title IX, §9046, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1912.
Pub. L. 102–172, title VIII, §8047, Nov. 26, 1991, 105 Stat. 1182.
Pub. L. 101–511, title VIII, §8051, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1886.
Pub. L. 101–165, title IX, §9065, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1143.
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