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24 U.S.C. § 281 to 282 — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–43, § 7(a)(6), (8), (10)–(12), (60), June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 82, 88

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24 U.S.C. § 281 to 282 — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–43, § 7(a)(6), (8), (10)–(12), (60), June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 82, 88

### Statutory Notes Section 281, acts May 14, 1948, ch. 289, § 1, 62 Stat. 234; Sept. 14, 1959, Pub. L. 86–260, 73 Stat. 547, enumerated classes of persons eligible for burial in national cemeteries and provided for removal of remains. See [section 2402 of Title 38](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section2402&num=0&edition=prelim), Veterans’ Benefits. Section 281a, act Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 467, § 1, 61 Stat. 742, provided for utilization of surplus military real property for cemeteries. Section 281b, act Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 467, § 2, 61 Stat. 742, related to utilization of surplus military real property for expansion of existing cemeteries and limited the expanded national cemetery area to six hundred and forty acres. Section 281c, act Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 467, § 3, 61 Stat. 742, authorized regulations respecting utilization of surplus military real property for cemeteries. Section 281d, act Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 52, § 1, 64 Stat. 12, related to utilization of surplus military real property for cemeteries at Fort Logan, Colo. Section 281e, act Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 52, § 2, 64 Stat. 12, provided for selection of lands, care and maintenance, and limitation of area of national cemetery at Fort Logan, Colo. Section 281f, act Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 52, § 3, 64 Stat. 12, authorized Secretary of the Army to prescribe rules and regulations for administration of national cemetery at Fort Logan, Colo. Section 281g, act Aug. 10, 1950, ch. 672, §§ 1, 2, 64 Stat. 434, provided for expansion of existing cemeteries at Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois, Fort Leavenworth, National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and Barrancas National Cemetery, near Pensacola, Florida. Section 282, act Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 355, § 1, 37 Stat. 440, provide

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### Statutory Notes Section 281, acts May 14, 1948, ch. 289, § 1, 62 Stat. 234; Sept. 14, 1959, Pub. L. 86–260, 73 Stat. 547, enumerated classes of persons eligible for burial in national cemeteries and provided for removal of remains. See [section 2402 of Title 38](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section2402&num=0&edition=prelim), Veterans’ Benefits. Section 281a, act Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 467, § 1, 61 Stat. 742, provided for utilization of surplus military real property for cemeteries. Section 281b, act Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 467, § 2, 61 Stat. 742, related to utilization of surplus military real property for expansion of existing cemeteries and limited the expanded national cemetery area to six hundred and forty acres. Section 281c, act Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 467, § 3, 61 Stat. 742, authorized regulations respecting utilization of surplus military real property for cemeteries. Section 281d, act Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 52, § 1, 64 Stat. 12, related to utilization of surplus military real property for cemeteries at Fort Logan, Colo. Section 281e, act Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 52, § 2, 64 Stat. 12, provided for selection of lands, care and maintenance, and limitation of area of national cemetery at Fort Logan, Colo. Section 281f, act Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 52, § 3, 64 Stat. 12, authorized Secretary of the Army to prescribe rules and regulations for administration of national cemetery at Fort Logan, Colo. Section 281g, act Aug. 10, 1950, ch. 672, §§ 1, 2, 64 Stat. 434, provided for expansion of existing cemeteries at Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois, Fort Leavenworth, National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and Barrancas National Cemetery, near Pensacola, Florida. Section 282, act Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 355, § 1, 37 Stat. 440, provided for burial of Confederate veterans. #### 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. #### Matured Rights and Duties, Incurred Penalties, Liabilities, and Forfeitures, and Commenced Proceedings Excepted in Repeal of National Cemeteries Provisions Provisions repealed except with respect to rights and duties matured, penalties, liabilities, and forfeitures that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before effective date of section 7 of Pub. L. 93–43, see section 7(a) of Pub. L. 93–43, set out as a note under sections 271 to 276 of this title.

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38 U.S.C. § 2306 — Headstones, markers, and burial receptacles

**(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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38 U.S.C. § 2402 — Persons eligible for interment in national cemeteries

**(a)** Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe and subject to the provisions of [section 6105 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section6105&num=0&edition=prelim), the remains of the following persons may be buried in any open national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration: (1) Any veteran (which for the purposes of this chapter includes a person who died in the active military, naval, air, or space service). (2) Any member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces, any member of the Space Force, and any member of the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard, whose death occurs under honorable conditions while such member is hospitalized or undergoing treatment, at the expense of the United States, for injury or disease contracted or incurred under honorable conditions while such member is performing active duty for training, inactive duty training, or undergoing that hospitalization or treatment at the expense of the United States. (3) Any member of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps of the Army, Navy, or Air Force whose death occurs under honorable conditions while such member is— (A) attending an authorized training camp or on an authorized practice cruise; (B) performing authorized travel to or from that camp or cruise; or (C) hospitalized or undergoing treatment, at the expense of the United States, for injury or disease contracted or incurred under honorable conditions while such member is— (i) attending that camp or on that cruise; (ii) performing that travel; or (iii) undergoing that hospitalization or treatment at the expense of the United States. (4) Any citizen of the United States who, during any war in which the United States is o

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