8 U.S.C. § 1353 : US Code - Section 1353: Travel expenses and expense of transporting remains of officers and employees dying outside of United States

Search 8 U.S.C. § 1353 : US Code - Section 1353: Travel expenses and expense of transporting remains of officers and employees dying outside of United States

When officers, inspectors, or other employees of the Service are
ordered to perform duties in a foreign country, or are transferred
from one station to another, in the United States or in a foreign
country, or while performing duties in any foreign country become
eligible for voluntary retirement and return to the United States,
they shall be allowed their traveling expenses in accordance with
such regulations as the Attorney General may deem advisable, and
they may also be allowed, within the discretion and under written
orders of the Attorney General, the expenses incurred for the
transfer of their wives and dependent children, their household
effects and other personal property, including the expenses for
packing, crating, freight, unpacking, temporary storage, and
drayage thereof in accordance with subchapter II of chapter 57 of
title 5. The expense of transporting the remains of such officers,
inspectors, or other employees who die while in, or in transit to,
a foreign country in the discharge of their official duties, to
their former homes in this country for interment, and the ordinary
and necessary expenses of such interment and of preparation for
shipment, are authorized to be paid on the written order of the
Attorney General.