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 100 STAT. 3284

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PUBLIC LAW 99-576—OCT. 28, 1986

Administrator shall submit a second such report not later than 60 months after such date. (b) CONTENTS.—Each report required by subsection (a) shall include— (1) a plan for the operation of the National Cemetery System through the year 2000, including a description of anticipated general trends relating to the operation of the National Ceme• = tery System between the years 2000 and 2020 and a discussion i i- of the provisions of the plan which were developed in response to those trends; (2) a list, in order of priority, of the 10 geographic areas in the Hr United States in which the need for additional burial space for veterans is greatest; (3) assessments of the desirability and feasibility of acquiring existing State veterans' cemeteries in the geographic areas / identified on the list described in clause (2) and of the role of State veterans' cemeteries in such areas and generally in meeting the needs for burial space for veterans; and (4) general plans (including projected costs, site location, and, if appropriate, necessary land acquisition) for any anticipated expansion of the National Cemetery System, including plans for '« meeting (A) the need for burial space for veterans in each geographic area identified on the list described in clause (2), and ^ (B) the need for burial space for veterans in cemeteries other .' than cemeteries in the National Cemetery System in those J areas. SEC. 413. MEMORIAL AREAS IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 24 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ss'^sc^ioos

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"^ 1009. Memorial areas in Arlington National Cemetery "(a) The Secretary of the Army may set aside, when available, a suitable area or areas in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, to honor the memory of members of the Armed Forces and veterans— "(1) who are missing in action; j_ "(2) whose remains have not been recovered or identified; "(3) whose remains were buried at sea, whether by the mem,^.; ber's or veteran's own choice or otherwise; "(4) whose remains were donated to science; or "(5) whose remains were cremated and whose ashes were scattered without interment of any portion of the ashes. "(b) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, appropriate memorials or markers may be erected in Arlington National Cemetery to honor the memory of those individuals, or group of individuals, referred to in subsection (a) of this section.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "1009. Memorial areas in Arlington National Cemetery.".

38 USC 1000

SEC. 414. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH NATIONAL CEMETERIES.

"° • 38 USC 1000 et seq.

(a) AUTHORITY.—The authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs under chapter 24 of title 38, United States Code, to develop and acquire cemeteries as part of the National Cemetery System includes, but is not limited to, the authority to establish additional

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