personnel · US Department of Defense · Rule · Published 2020-04-01 · Effective 2020-04-01 · 85 FR 18126
Document
Document number
2020-06694
Federal Register citation
85 FR 18126
CFR reference
32 CFR 716
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
personnel
Sub-agency
US Department of Defense
Publication date
2020-04-01
Effective date
2020-04-01
DOD docket
Docket ID: USN-2019-HQ-0016
Abstract
This final rule removes the Department of the Navy (DON) regulation requiring the Secretary of the Navy to pay a death gratuity between $800 and $3,000 upon the death of a member of the naval service while on active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training. That benefit is enumerated in both U.S. Code and the Department of Defense (DoD) Financial Management Regulation. The DoD and DON have robust procedures for responding to the death of a service member. This part has been determined to be duplicative of statute and internal policy, thus it should be removed from the CFR.