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when the circumstances surrounding the person’s 
death or other circumstances as specified by the Sec-
retary of Defense are such that to provide military 
honors at the funeral or burial of the person would 
bring discredit upon the person’s service (or former 
service).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 
section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 985. Persons convicted of capital crimes; certain 
other persons: denial of specified burial-
related benefits’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relating to 
section 985 in the table of sections at the beginning 
of chapter 49 of such title is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘985. Persons convicted of capital crimes; certain other persons: denial of speci-
fied burial-related benefits.’’.
(c) 
CROSS-REFERENCE
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1491(a) of such title is amended by inserting before the 
period at the end the following: ‘‘, except when military 
honors are prohibited under section 985(a) of this title’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to funerals and burials 
that occur on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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SEC. 654. CHILD SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN MINOR CHILDREN 
OF RETIREMENT-ELIGIBLE MEMBERS CON-
VICTED OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESULTING 
IN DEATH OF CHILD’S OTHER PARENT. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR COURT-ORDERED PAYMENTS.—
Section 1408(h) of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end of such para-
graph the following: 
‘‘(B) If, in the case of a member or former member 
of the armed forces referred to in paragraph (2)(A), a 
court order provides for the payment as child support of 
an amount from the disposable retired pay of that member 
or former member (as certified under paragraph (4)) to 
an eligible dependent child of the member or former mem-
ber, the Secretary concerned, beginning upon effective 
service of such court order, shall pay that amount in ac-
cordance with this subsection to such dependent child.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting ‘‘, or a dependent child,’’ after 
‘‘former spouse’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)—
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(i) by inserting ‘‘in the case of eligi-
bility of a spouse or former spouse under 
paragraph (1)(A),’’ after ‘‘(B)’’; and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) in the case of eligibility of a dependent 
child under paragraph (1)(B), the other parent of 
the child died as a result of the misconduct that re-
sulted in the termination of retired pay.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, or an eligi-
ble dependent child,’’ after ‘‘former spouse’’; 
(4) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, or the de-
pendent child,’’ after ‘‘former spouse’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘, or to a de-
pendent child,’’ after ‘‘former spouse’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—A court order authorized by 
the amendments made by this section may not provide for 
a payment attributable to any period before October 1, 
2005, or the date of the court order, whichever is later.