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(b) Requirements and limitations.

(c) Authority to recruit and train persons providing services.

(d) Status of persons providing services.

(e) Reimbursement of incidental expenses.

SUBCHAPTER II—TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

431. Transfer of trust funds relating to Naval

Home and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home.

(a) Initial transfer.

(b) Subsequent transfers.

SUBCHAPTER III—AUTHORIZATION OF

APPROPRIATIONS

441. Authorization of appropriations for United

States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home.

§ 401. Definitions

For purposes of this chapter:

(1) The term ‘‘Retirement Home’’ means the

Armed Forces Retirement Home established

under section 411(a) of this title.

(2) The term ‘‘Retirement Home Board’’

means the Armed Forces Retirement Home

Board.

(3) The term ‘‘Local Board’’ means a Board

of Trustees established for each facility of the

Retirement Home maintained as a separate establishment of the Retirement Home for administrative purposes.

(4) The term ‘‘Director’’ means a Director of

the Armed Forces Retirement Home appointed

under section 417(a) of this title.

(5) The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Armed

Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund established under section 419(a) of this title.

(6) The term ‘‘Armed Forces’’ does not include the Coast Guard when it is not operating

as a service in the Navy.

(7) The term ‘‘chief personnel officers’’

means—

(A) the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel

of the Army;

(B) the Chief of Naval Personnel;

(C) the Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower

and Personnel of the Air Force; and

(D) the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower

of the Marine Corps.

(8) The term ‘‘senior noncommissioned officers’’ means the following:

(A) The Sergeant Major of the Army.

(B) The Master Chief Petty Officer of the

Navy.

(C) The Chief Master Sergeant of the Air

Force.

(D) The Sergeant Major of the Marine

Corps.

(Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XV, §1502, Nov. 5,

1990, 104 Stat. 1722.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original

‘‘this title’’, meaning title XV of Pub. L. 101–510, div. A,

Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1722, as amended, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title XV to the Code, see Short Title note

below and Tables.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 1541 of title XV of div. A of Pub. L. 101–510,

as amended by Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title III, §366(f),

Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1632, provided that:

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except where otherwise specified,

this title [see Short Title note below] and the amendments made by this title shall take effect one year

after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 5,

1990].

‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—Sections 1519, 1531,

and 1533(c)(1) [enacting sections 419 and 431 of this title

and amending section 1321 of Title 31, Money and Finance] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of

this Act [Nov. 5, 1990].

‘‘(c) APPOINTMENT OF BOARD.—The provisions of section 1515 [enacting section 415 of this title] relating to

the appointment and designation of members of the Retirement Home Board and Local Boards shall take effect on October 1, 1991.

‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY.—Section 1520 of this Act [enacting section 420 of this title] shall apply to the estate of

each resident of the Armed Forces Retirement Home,

including the United States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s

Home and the Naval Home, who dies after November 29,

1989.’’

SHORT TITLE

Section 1501 of title XV of div. A of Pub. L. 101–510

provided that: ‘‘This title [enacting this chapter,

amending section 6a of this title, sections 1089, 2575,

2772, 4624, 4712, 9624, and 9712 of Title 10, Armed Forces,

section 1321 of Title 31, Money and Finance, section 1007

of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services, and section 906 of Title 44, Public Printing and

Documents, repealing sections 21a to 25, 41 to 43, 44b, 45

to 46b, 48 to 50, 54, and 59 of this title and sections 4713

and 9713 of Title 10, and enacting provisions set out as

notes above and under section 2772 of Title 10] may be

cited as the ‘Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of

1991’.’’

SUBCHAPTER I—ESTABLISHMENT AND

OPERATION OF RETIREMENT HOME

§ 411. Establishment of Armed Forces Retirement

Home

(a) Inclusion of existing homes

The United States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s

Home and the Naval Home are hereby incorporated into an independent establishment in

the Executive branch of the Federal Government to be known as the Armed Forces Retirement Home.

(b) Purpose

The purpose of the Retirement Home is to provide, through the United States Soldiers’ and

Airmen’s Home and the Naval Home, a residence

and related services for certain retired and

former members of the Armed Forces.

(c) Operation

Each facility of the Retirement Home maintained as a separate establishment of the Retirement Home for administrative purposes shall be

operated by a Director under the overall supervision of the Armed Forces Retirement Home

Board.

(d) Property and facilities

(1) The Retirement Home shall consist of such

property and facilities as may be transferred to

the Retirement Home or acquired by the Retirement Home Board for inclusion in the Retirement Home.

(2) On the effective date specified in section

1541(a), the property and facilities known and

operated as the Naval Home and the United

States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home shall be