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 United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014)
 Title 24. HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS
 Chapter 7. NATIONAL CEMETERIES

  § 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 Repealed.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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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, 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

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, Veterans’ Benefits.

Miscellaneous

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Provisions repealed except with respect to rights and duties matured, penalties, liabilities, and forfeitures that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before effective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.