§ 1481. Recovery, care, and disposition of remains: decedents covered
(a)
The Secretary concerned may provide for the recovery, care, and disposition of the remains of the following persons:
(2)
A member of a reserve component of an armed force who dies while—
(D)
remaining overnight immediately before the commencement of inactive-duty training, or remaining overnight, between successive periods of inactive-duty training, at or in the vicinity of the site of the inactive-duty training;
(E)
hospitalized or undergoing treatment for an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated while on active duty or performing inactive-duty training; or
(4)
Any member of, or applicant for membership in, a reserve officers’ training corps who dies while
(D)
hospitalized or undergoing treatment at the expense of the United States for injury incurred, or disease contracted, while attending such a camp, while on such a cruise, or while performing that travel.
(6)
Any person who has been discharged from an enlistment in an armed force under his jurisdiction while a patient in a United States hospital, and who continues to be such a patient until the date of his death.
(7)
A person who—
(A)
dies as a retired member of an armed force under the Secretary’s jurisdiction during a continuous hospitalization of the member as a patient in a United States hospital that began while the member was on active duty for a period of more than 30 days; or
(B)
is not covered by subparagraph (A) and, while in a retired status by reason of eligibility to retire under chapter
61 of this title, dies during a continuous hospitalization of the person that began while the person was on active duty as a Regular of an armed force under the Secretary’s jurisdiction.
(b)
This section applies to each person covered by subsection (a)(1)–(7) even though he may have been temporarily absent from active duty, with or without leave, at the time of his death, unless he had been dropped from the rolls of his organization before his death.
(c)
In this section, the term “dependent” has the meaning given such term in section
1072
(2) of this title.