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24 U.S.C. § 295a — Arlington Memorial Amphitheater

submitted 66 years ago by Pub. L. 86-694 to r/title-24-HOSPITALS-AND-ASYLUMS · 110 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary of Defense may recommend to Congress each January which memorials to build and whose remains to entomb at the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater. Congress must specifically authorize any memorial or entombment before it happens, and the Secretary of Defense approves the design and location of any memorial Congress allows.

(a) Recommendations of Secretary of Defense for memorials and entombments Each January, the Secretary of Defense or a designee may send Congress recommendations on which memorials to build, and which deceased service members' remains to entomb, at the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. (b) Specific authorization from Congress No memorial may be built and no remains may be entombed there unless Congress specifically authorizes it. (c) Character of memorials The Secretary of Defense or a designee must approve the character, design, and location of any memorial Congress authorizes.
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(a) Recommendations of Secretary of Defense for memorials and entombments

The Secretary of Defense or his designee may send to Congress in January of each year, his recommendations with respect to the memorials to be erected, and the remains of deceased members of the Armed Forces to be entombed, in the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.

(b) Specific authorization from Congress

No memorial may be erected and no remains may be entombed in such amphitheater unless specifically authorized by Congress.

(c) Character of memorials

The character, design, or location of any memorial authorized by Congress is subject to the approval of the Secretary of Defense or his designee.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 86–694, § 1, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 739.)

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  • 1960Enacted · Pub. L. 86-694 · 74 Stat. 739

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