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Title 24USC / Chapter VII

Chapter 7 National Cemeteries

§278 Care and maintenance of cemeteries

The Secretary of the Army shall provide for the care and maintenance of the national military cemeteries.

(July 24, 1876, ch. 226, §1, 19 Stat. 99; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, §§206, 215, 42 Stat. 21, 23; Sept. 12, 1950, ch. 946, title III, §301(96), 64 Stat. 844 partial repeal of submission of annual estimates to the Bureau of the Budget; Repealed. Pub. L. 93–43, §7(a)(1), (4), (5), (7), June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 82) provided for care and maintenance of cemeteries. See section 2404(a), (e) of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits)