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24 U.S.C. § 271 to 276 — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–43, § 7(a)(1)–(3), (61), June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 82, 88
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### Statutory Notes
Section 271, R.S. § 4870, provided for manner of acquisition of lands.
Section 271a, act June 29, 1938, ch. 808, 52 Stat. 1233, related to State donations of land.
Section 272, R.S. § 4871; act Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 291, 36 Stat. 1167, provided for appraisement of real estate.
Section 273, R.S. § 4872, provided for payment of appraised value.
Section 274, R.S. § 4873, provided for superintendents of cemeteries.
Section 275, acts Mar. 24, 1948, ch. 143, § 1, 62 Stat. 84; Aug. 30, 1961, Pub. L. 87–178, 75 Stat. 411, provided for selection of superintendents.
Section 276, R.S. § 4875; act July 30, 1912, ch. 258, 37 Stat. 240, provided for fuel and quarters for superintendents.
Subject matter is generally covered by section 2400 et seq. of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits. See sections 2404 and 2406 of Title 38.
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Repeal effective Sept. 1, 1973, or such earlier date as the President may prescribe and publish in the Federal Register, see section 10(c) of Pub. L. 93–43, set out as a note under [section 2306 of Title 38](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section2306&num=0&edition=prelim), Veterans’ Benefits.
#### Superintendents of National Cemeteries Under the Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army
Pub. L. 97–306, title IV, § 405, Oct. 14, 1982, 96 Stat. 1443, provided that: “Notwithstanding section 7(b)(2) of the National Cemeteries Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 88) [section 7 of Pub. L. 93–43 set out below], the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for selection of superintendents of national cemeteries from meritorious and trustworthy members of the Armed Forces who have been disabled in the line of duty for active field service”, approved March 24, 1948 [Act Mar. 24, 1948,
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### Statutory Notes
Section 271, R.S. § 4870, provided for manner of acquisition of lands.
Section 271a, act June 29, 1938, ch. 808, 52 Stat. 1233, related to State donations of land.
Section 272, R.S. § 4871; act Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 291, 36 Stat. 1167, provided for appraisement of real estate.
Section 273, R.S. § 4872, provided for payment of appraised value.
Section 274, R.S. § 4873, provided for superintendents of cemeteries.
Section 275, acts Mar. 24, 1948, ch. 143, § 1, 62 Stat. 84; Aug. 30, 1961, Pub. L. 87–178, 75 Stat. 411, provided for selection of superintendents.
Section 276, R.S. § 4875; act July 30, 1912, ch. 258, 37 Stat. 240, provided for fuel and quarters for superintendents.
Subject matter is generally covered by section 2400 et seq. of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits. See sections 2404 and 2406 of Title 38.
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Repeal effective Sept. 1, 1973, or such earlier date as the President may prescribe and publish in the Federal Register, see section 10(c) of Pub. L. 93–43, set out as a note under [section 2306 of Title 38](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section2306&num=0&edition=prelim), Veterans’ Benefits.
#### Superintendents of National Cemeteries Under the Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army
Pub. L. 97–306, title IV, § 405, Oct. 14, 1982, 96 Stat. 1443, provided that: “Notwithstanding section 7(b)(2) of the National Cemeteries Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 88) [section 7 of Pub. L. 93–43 set out below], the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for selection of superintendents of national cemeteries from meritorious and trustworthy members of the Armed Forces who have been disabled in the line of duty for active field service”, approved March 24, 1948 [Act Mar. 24, 1948, ch. 143, 62 Stat. 84, which enacted former [section 275 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title24-section275&num=0&edition=prelim)], as in effect on the day before the effective date of section 7 of the National Cemeteries Act of 1973 [see section 10(c) of Pub. L. 93–43 set out as a note under [section 2306 of Title 38](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section2306&num=0&edition=prelim), Veterans’ Benefits], shall not apply with respect to the appointment of the superintendent of a national cemetery under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army.”
#### Matured Rights and Duties, Incurred Penalties, Liabilities, and Forfeitures, and Commenced Proceedings Excepted in Repeal of National Cemeteries Provisions
Pub. L. 93–43, § 7(a), June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 82, provided in part that sections 271 to 276, 278 to 279d, 281 to 282, 286 to 290, and 296 of this title are repealed, except with respect to rights and duties that matured, penalties, liabilities, and forfeitures that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before effective date of such section 7.
Section 7 of Pub. L. 93–43 effective Sept. 1, 1973, or such earlier date as the President may prescribe and publish in the Federal Register, see section 10(c) of Pub. L. 93–43, set out as a note under [section 2306 of Title 38](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section2306&num=0&edition=prelim), Veterans’ Benefits.
#### Functions, Powers, and Duties of Secretaries Unaffected
Pub. L. 93–43, § 7(b), June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 88, provided that: “Nothing in this section [repealing sections 271 to 276, 278 to 279d, 281 to 282, 286 to 290, and 296 of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under sections 271 to 276] shall be deemed to affect in any manner the functions, powers, and duties of— “(1) the Secretary of the Interior with respect to those cemeteries, memorials, or monuments under his jurisdiction on the effective date of this section [see note above], or “(2) the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Air Force with respect to those cemeteries, memorials, or monuments under his jurisdiction to which the transfer provisions of section 6(a) of this Act [set out as a note under [section 2404 of Title 38](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section2404&num=0&edition=prelim), Veterans’ Benefits] do not apply.”
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**(a)** The Secretary shall furnish, when requested, appropriate Government headstones or markers at the expense of the United States for the unmarked graves of the following:
(1) Any individual buried in a national cemetery or in a post cemetery.
(2) Any individual eligible for burial in a national cemetery (but not buried there), except for those persons or classes of persons enumerated in section 2402(a)(4), (5), and (6) of this title.
(3) Soldiers of the Union and Confederate Armies of the Civil War.
(4) Any individual described in [section 2402(a)(5) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section2402/a/5&num=0&edition=prelim) who is buried in a veterans’ cemetery owned by a State or a veterans’ cemetery owned by a tribal organization or on land owned by or held in trust for a tribal organization.
(5) Any individual who at the time of death was entitled to retired pay under chapter 1223 of title 10 or would have been entitled to retired pay under that chapter but for the fact that the person was under 60 years of age.
**(b)**
(1) The Secretary shall furnish, when requested, an appropriate memorial headstone or marker for the purpose of commemorating an eligible individual whose remains are unavailable. Such a headstone or marker shall be furnished for placement in a national cemetery area reserved for that purpose under [section 2403 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section2403&num=0&edition=prelim), a veterans’ cemetery owned by a State, a veterans’ cemetery of a tribal organization or on land owned by or held in trust for a tribal organization, or, in the case of a veteran, in a State, local, or private cemetery.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), an eligible in
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**(a)** The Secretary is authorized to make all rules and regulations which are necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this chapter, and may designate those cemeteries which are considered to be national cemeteries.
**(b)** In conjunction with the development and administration of cemeteries for which the Secretary is responsible, the Secretary shall provide all necessary facilities including, as necessary, superintendents’ lodges, chapels, crypts, mausoleums, and columbaria.
**(c)**
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), each grave in a national cemetery shall be marked with an appropriate marker. Such marker shall bear the name of the person buried, the number of the grave, and such other information as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe.
(2) The grave markers referred to in paragraph (1) shall be upright for interments that occur on or after January 1, 1987, except that—
(A) in the case of any cemetery scheduled to be closed by September 30, 1991, as indicated in the documents submitted by the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to the Congress in justification for the amounts included for Veterans’ Administration programs in the President’s Budget for fiscal year 1987, the Secretary may provide for flat grave markers;
(B) in the case of any cemetery with a section which has flat markers on October 28, 1986, the Secretary may continue to provide for flat grave markers in such section;
(C) in the case of any cemetery located on the grounds of or adjacent to a Department health-care facility, the Secretary may provide for flat grave markers;
(D) in the case of grave sites of cremated remains that are interred in the ground, the Secretary may provide for flat grave markers.11 So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon.
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