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Timestamp: 2018-09-22 01:50:55
Document Index: 641814409

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2409', '§413', '§1009', '§313', '§2409', '§5', '§604', '§1087', '§204']

[USC07] 38 USC 2409: Memorial areas in Arlington National Cemetery
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38 USC 2409: Memorial areas in Arlington National Cemetery Text contains those laws in effect on September 20, 2018
(a) The Secretary of the Army may set aside, when available, a suitable area or areas in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, to honor the memory of members of the Armed Forces and veterans-
(B) A monument may be placed in Arlington National Cemetery if the monument commemorates-
(C) No monument may be placed in Arlington National Cemetery until the end of the 25-year period beginning-
(E) A monument may only be placed in Arlington National Cemetery if an appropriate nongovernmental entity has agreed to act as a sponsoring organization to coordinate the placement of the monument and-
(3)(A) The Secretary of the Army may waive the requirement under paragraph (2)(C) in a case in which the monument would commemorate a group of individuals who the Secretary determines-
(B) If the Secretary waives such requirement under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall-
(4) The Secretary of the Army shall provide notice 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 of any monument proposed to be placed in Arlington National Cemetery. During the 60-day period beginning on the date on which such notice is received, Congress may pass a joint resolution of disapproval of the placement of the monument. The proposed monument may not be placed in Arlington National Cemetery until the later of-
(B) if Congress passes a joint resolution of disapproval of the placement of the monument, and the President signs a veto of such resolution, the earlier of-
(Added Pub. L. 99–576, title IV, §413(a), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3284 , §1009; amended Pub. L. 101–237, title III, §313(b)(5), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2077 ; renumbered §2409, Pub. L. 102–83, §5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406 ; Pub. L. 112–154, title VI, §604, Aug. 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 1201 .)
2012-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–154 designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted "and subject to paragraph (2)" after "Secretary of the Army", and added pars. (2) to (4).
1991-Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 1009 of this title as this section.
1989-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–237 inserted "of the Army" after "Secretary".
Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, §1087, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1604 , provided that: "Subject to applicable requirements of section 2409(b)(2)(E) of title 38, United States Code, the Secretary of the Army, in consultation with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Commission of Fine Arts, and the Advisory Committee on Arlington National Cemetery, shall authorize the construction, at an appropriate place in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, of a memorial marker honoring the three members of the crew of the Apollo I who died during a launch rehearsal test on January 27, 1967, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The memorial may not be constructed in a location that is otherwise suitable as an interment site."
Pub. L. 108–11, title III, Apr. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 603 , provided that:
"(a) Construction Required.-The Secretary of the Army shall, in consultation with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, construct at an appropriate place in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, a memorial marker honoring the seven members of the crew of the Columbia Orbiter who died on February 1, 2003, over the State of Texas during the landing of space shuttle mission STS–107.
"(b) Availability of Funds.-Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title II of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 107–248) under the heading 'Operation and Maintenance, Army' [116 Stat. 1521], $500,000 shall be available for the construction of the memorial marker required by subsection (a).
"(a) Authority To Accept Donations.-The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration may accept gifts and donations of services, money, and property (including personal, tangible, or intangible property) for the purpose of an appropriate memorial or monument to the seven members of the crew of the Columbia Orbiter who died on February 1, 2003, over the State of Texas during the landing of space shuttle mission STS–107, whether such memorial or monument is constructed by the Administrator or is the memorial marker required by section 302.
"(b) Transfer.-(1) The Administrator may transfer to the Secretary of the Army any services, money, or property accepted by the Administrator under subsection (a) for the purpose of the construction of the memorial marker required by section 302.
"(c) Expiration of Authority.-The authority of the Administrator to accept gifts and donations under subsection (a) shall expire 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act [Apr. 16, 2003]."
Pub. L. 107–330, title II, §204, Dec. 6, 2002, 116 Stat. 2824 , provided that: "The Secretary of the Army is authorized to place in Arlington National Cemetery a memorial marker honoring veterans who fought in the battle in the European theater of operations during World War II known as the Battle of the Bulge."