§ 772. Death of employee due to non-service-connected causes after 15 years’ service; amount of payment

Where—
(1) any employee of the Lighthouse Service has died or shall hereafter die from non-service-connected causes after fifteen or more years of employment in such service, and
(2) the surviving spouse of the employee has not since remarried,
the surviving spouse, so long as the surviving spouse does not marry, shall be paid $100 per month by the Secretary of Transportation.