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[CITE: 24USC418]

 
                     TITLE 24--HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS
 
                CHAPTER 10--ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME
 
      SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF RETIREMENT HOME
 
Sec. 418. Inspection of Retirement Home


(a) Triennial inspection

    Every three years the Inspector General of a military department 
shall inspect the Retirement Home, including the records of the 
Retirement Home.

(b) Alternating duty among Inspectors General

    The duty to inspect the Retirement Home shall alternate among the 
Inspector General of the Army, the Naval Inspector General, and the 
Inspector General of the Air Force on such schedule as the Secretary of 
Defense shall direct.

(c) Reports

    Not later than 45 days after completing an inspection under 
subsection (a) of this section, the Inspector General carrying out the 
inspection shall submit to the Retirement Home Board, the Secretary of 
Defense, and Congress a report describing the results of the inspection 
and containing such recommendations as the Inspector General considers 
appropriate.

(Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XV, Sec. 1518, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 
1730; Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title X, Sec. 1042(a), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 
Stat. 2125.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-261 amended section catchline and text generally. 
Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ``The Inspector General of the 
Department of Defense shall--
        ``(1) conduct, not later than three years after the effective 
    date specified in section 1541(a) (and at six-year intervals 
    thereafter), an inspection of the Retirement Home and the records of 
    the Retirement Home;
        ``(2) cause the Inspector Generals of the military departments 
    to conduct an inspection of the Retirement Home and its records at 
    six-year intervals alternating with the inspections by the Inspector 
    General of the Department of Defense so that each home is inspected 
    every three years; and
        ``(3) submit to the Retirement Home Board, the Secretary of 
    Defense, and Congress a report describing the results of the 
    inspection and containing such recommendations as the Inspector 
    General considers appropriate.''


                             Effective Date

    Section effective one year after Nov. 5, 1990, see section 1541(a) 
of Pub. L. 101-510, set out as a note under section 401 of this title.


                            First Inspection

    Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title X, Sec. 1042(b), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 
Stat. 2125, provided that: ``The first inspection under section 1518 of 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 [24 U.S.C. 418], as amended 
by subsection (a), shall be carried out during fiscal year 1999.''
