§ 2201 Combat zone-related deaths of members of the Armed Forces, deaths of astronauts, and deaths of victims of certain terrorist attacks
(a) In general
Unless the executor elects not to have this section apply, in applying sections and to the estate of a qualified decedent, the rate schedule set forth in subsection (c) shall be deemed to be the rate schedule set forth in section .
(b) Qualified decedent
For purposes of this section, the term “qualified decedent” means—
(1) any citizen or resident of the United States dying while in active service of the Armed Forces of the United States, if such decedent—
(A) was killed in action while serving in a combat zone, as determined under section , or
(B) died as a result of wounds, disease, or injury suffered while serving in a combat zone (as determined under section ), and while in the line of duty, by reason of a hazard to which such decedent was subjected as an incident of such service,
(2) any specified terrorist victim (as defined in section ), and
(3) any astronaut whose death occurs in the line of duty.
(c) Rate schedule
(d) Determination of unified credit
In the case of an estate to which this section applies, subsection (a) shall not apply in determining the credit under section .
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 401; Pub. L. 93–597, § 6(b)(1), (2), Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1953; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1902(a)(7)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1805; Pub. L. 107–16, title V, § 532(c)(9), June 7, 2001, 115 Stat. 75; Pub. L. 107–134, title I, § 103(a), (b)(3), Jan. 23, 2002, 115 Stat. 2430, 2431; Pub. L. 108–121, title I, § 110(c)(1), (2)(A), Nov. 11, 2003, 117 Stat. 1342.)
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