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Title 24USC / Chapter VII

Chapter 7 National Cemeteries

§281g Expansion of existing cemeteries

The Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed-

To expand existing facilities at the Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois, by utilizing not to exceed thirty acres of federally owned lands under the jurisdiction of the 'Department of the Army adjoining the present national cemetery facility, which are surplus to military needs, and to provide for the care and maintenance thereof under the same regulations as prescribed for other national cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army; and

To expand existing facilities at the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, by utilizing not to exceed eight acres of federally owned land under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army, adjoining the present national cemetery facility, which are surplus to military needs and to provide for the care and maintenance thereof under the same regulations as prescribed for other national cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army.

The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer, without compensation therefor, to the Secretary of the Army for cemeterial purposes such Government-owned land under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy, located adjacent to the Barrancas National Cemetery near the city of Pensacola, Florida, as may be determined by the Secretary of the Navy to be available for the expansion of said cemetery. The lands transferred pursuant to the provision of this section shall be constituted a part of the Barrancas National Cemetery.

(Aug. 10, 1950, ch. 672, §§1, 2, 64 Stat. 434; Repealed. Pub. L. 93–43, §7(a)(6), (8), (10)–(12), (60), June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 82, 88; eff. Sept. 1, 1973)