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36 U.S.C. § 2105 — Monuments built by the United States Government
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**(a) Memorials.—** The American Battle Monuments Commission shall prepare plans and estimates to build suitable memorials commemorating the service of American Armed Forces, and shall build and maintain memorials in the United States and, as the Commission decides, at any place outside the United States where the Armed Forces have served since April 6, 1917.
**(b) Architecture and Art.—** The Commission shall build and maintain works of architecture and art in United States cemeteries located outside the United States and the territories and possessions of the United States that are permanent cemeteries. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall maintain works of architecture and art built by the Commission in the National Cemetery Administration, as described in [section 2400(b) of title 38](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section2400/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Control and Supervision of Materials, Design, and Building.—**
(1) The Commission shall control the materials and design and prescribe regulations for, and supervise the building of, all memorial monuments and buildings in United States cemeteries located outside the United States and the territories and possessions of the United States.
(2) The Commission shall control the design and prescribe regulations for the building of all memorial monuments and buildings commemorating the service of American Armed Forces that are built in a foreign country or political division of the foreign country that authorizes the Commission to carry out those duties and powers.
**(d) Approval by National Commission of Fine Arts.—** A design for a memorial must be approved by the National Commission of Fine Arts before the Commission can accept it.
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**(a) Memorials.—** The American Battle Monuments Commission shall prepare plans and estimates to build suitable memorials commemorating the service of American Armed Forces, and shall build and maintain memorials in the United States and, as the Commission decides, at any place outside the United States where the Armed Forces have served since April 6, 1917.
**(b) Architecture and Art.—** The Commission shall build and maintain works of architecture and art in United States cemeteries located outside the United States and the territories and possessions of the United States that are permanent cemeteries. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall maintain works of architecture and art built by the Commission in the National Cemetery Administration, as described in [section 2400(b) of title 38](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section2400/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Control and Supervision of Materials, Design, and Building.—**
(1) The Commission shall control the materials and design and prescribe regulations for, and supervise the building of, all memorial monuments and buildings in United States cemeteries located outside the United States and the territories and possessions of the United States.
(2) The Commission shall control the design and prescribe regulations for the building of all memorial monuments and buildings commemorating the service of American Armed Forces that are built in a foreign country or political division of the foreign country that authorizes the Commission to carry out those duties and powers.
**(d) Approval by National Commission of Fine Arts.—** A design for a memorial must be approved by the National Commission of Fine Arts before the Commission can accept it.
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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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TITLE 36—PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES,
AND ORGANIZATIONS
§ 2106
§ 2105. Monuments built by the United States
Government
(a) MEMORIALS.—The American Battle Monu-
ments Commission shall prepare plans and esti-
mates to build suitable memorials commemo-
rating the service of American Armed Forces,
and shall build and maintain memorials in the
United States and, as the Commission decides,
at any place outside the United States where the
Armed Forces have served since April 6, 1917.
(b) ARCHITECTURE AND ART.—The Commission
shall build and maintain works of architecture
and art in United States cemeteries located out-
side the United States and the territories and
possessions of the United States that are perma-
nent cemeteries. The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall maintain works of architecture and
art built by the Commission in the National
Cemetery Administration, as described in sec-
tion 2400(b) of title 38.
(c) CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF MATERIALS,
DESIGN,
AND
BUILDING.—(1) The Commission
shall control the materials and design and pre-
scribe regulations for, and supervise the build-
ing of, all memorial monuments and buildings in
United States cemeteries located outside the
United States and the territories and posses-
sions of the United States.
(2) The Commission shall control the design
and prescribe regulations for the building of all
memorial monuments and buildings commemo-
rating the service of American Armed Forces
that are built in a foreign country or political
division of the foreign country that authorizes
the Commission to carry out those duties and
powers.
(d) APPROVAL
BY
NATIONAL
COMMISSION
OF
FINE ARTS.—A design for a memorial must be
approved by the National Commission of Fine
Arts before th
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