38 U.S.C. § 2410A — Arlington National Cemetery: other administrative matters
submitted 14 years ago by Pub. L. 112-154 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 150 words · no verdicts yet
Normally, Arlington National Cemetery may provide no more than one gravesite to an eligible veteran or service member, and a gravesite may not be reserved before the person dies. The Army Secretary and the President may waive these rules in the circumstances described.
(a) One gravesite. (1) Arlington National Cemetery may provide no more than one gravesite to a veteran* or Armed Forces* member eligible for interment or inurnment there. (2) The Secretary* of the Army may waive this prohibition as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(b) Prohibition against reservation of gravesites. (1) A gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery may not be reserved for a person before that person dies. (2)(A) The President may waive this prohibition as the President considers appropriate. (B) When the President waives it, the President must notify: (i) the Senate Committees on Veterans’ Affairs and Armed Services; and (ii) the House of Representatives Committees on Veterans’ Affairs and Armed Services.
Not more than one gravesite may be provided at Arlington National Cemetery to a veteran* or member of the Armed Forces* who is eligible for interment or inurnment at such cemetery.
The Secretary* of the Army may waive the prohibition in paragraph (1) as the Secretary of the Army considers appropriate.
A gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery may not be reserved for an individual before the death of such individual.
The President may waive the prohibition in paragraph (1) as the President considers appropriate.
Upon waiving the prohibition in paragraph (1), the President shall submit notice of such waiver to—
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 112–154, title VI, § 602(a), Aug. 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 1199.)
- 2012Enacted · Pub. L. 112-154 · 126 Stat. 1199
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