12 2 STA T .4 4 7 2 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 417 —O CT. 14 , 200 8ofh o n o r)t h a t m a ybep re s ente d ora w arded by the P res i dent or the S e c retary concerned to a member of the armed forces .’ ’. ( b) CLERICA L AM E ND MEN T . —T he tab l e of sections at the be g in - ning of s u ch chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item
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‘ 1 1 35.Replac e m e ntof m i lita ryd ecoration s . ’ ’. SEC.572 . AUTHORIZ ATIO N AN D RE Q UEST F ORA W ARD OF M EDA L OF HONOR TO RICHARD L. ETCH B ER G ER FOR ACTS OF V ALOR DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. (a) A U T HO RI Z ATION.— N otwithstanding the time limitations specified in section 874 4 of title 10,U nited States Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the awarding of certain medals to persons who ser v ed in the Armed F orces, the President is author- i z ed and re q uested to award the M edal of H onor under section 8741 of such title to former Chief Master Sergeant R ichard L . E tchberger for the acts of valor during the V ietnam W ar described in subsection (b). (b) ACT S O F VALOR D ESCRI B ED.—The acts of valor referred to in subsection (a) are the actions of then Chief Master Sergeant Richard L. Etchberger as G round Radar Superintendent of Detach- ment 1, 104 3 rd Radar Evaluation Squadron on March 11, 1 96 8, during the Vietnam War for which he was originally awarded the Air Force Cross. Subti t leI—M ilit aryF a m ilie s SEC. 5 81 . P RESENTATION OF BURIAL FLAG TO THE SURVIVING SPOUSE AND CHILDREN OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. (a) I NCLUSION OF SUR V IVIN G S P OUSE AND CHILDREN
CONSOLI- DATION OF FLAG-RELATED AUTHORITIES.—Subsection (e) of section 148 2 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by designating the current te x t as paragraph (2) and redesignating current paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and ( B ), respectively; (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so designated, the following: ‘ ‘(e) PRESENTATION OF FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES.—(1) In the case of a decedent covered by section 1481 of this title, the Secretary concerned may pay the necessary expenses for the presen- tation of a flag of the United States to the following persons: ‘‘(A) The person designated under subsection (c) to direct disposition of the remains of the decedent. ‘‘(B) The parents or parent of the decedent, if the person to be presented a flag under subparagraph (A) is other than a parent of the decedent. ‘‘(C) The surviving spouse of the decedent (including a surviving spouse who remarries after the decedent’s death), if the person to be presented a flag under subparagraph (A) is other than the surviving spouse. ‘‘(D) Each child of the decedent, regardless of whether the person to be presented a flag under subparagraph (A) is a child of the decedent.’’; and (3) by inserting at the end the following new paragraphs: Presid e nt.
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