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This bill expands the military's authority to provide mortuary services to American citizens who die abroad. Currently, the Department of Defense offers these services primarily to military members and their families, but this legislation would allow military mortuary facilities to serve any U.S. citizen who dies outside the country, provided the military has the capacity and staff available to do so. The bill also adds flexibility by allowing military mortuary services to be used when families believe local commercial funeral services are undesirable, not just when they are prohibitively expensive. The changes would take effect immediately upon enactment and apply to all deaths occurring after the bill becomes law. No specific funding allocation is mentioned in the legislation, as it primarily authorizes the use of existing military mortuary infrastructure on a case-by-case basis when resources permit.

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