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[CITE: 36USC2101]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
      Subtitle I--Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies
 
Part B--United States Government Organizations Involved with Observances 
                             and Ceremonies
 
            CHAPTER 21--AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION
 
Sec. 2101. Membership

    (a) Composition and Terms.--The American Battle Monuments Commission 
has not more than 11 members appointed by the President. The President 
also shall appoint one officer of the Regular Army to serve as secretary 
of the Commission. The members and secretary serve at the pleasure of 
the President. The President shall fill any vacancies that occur. 
Notwithstanding any other law, members of the Armed Forces may be 
appointed members of the Commission.
    (b) Pay and Expenses.--The members of the Commission serve without 
compensation. However, the members of the Commission may receive, from 
an amount appropriated to carry out this chapter or acquired by another 
authorized way--
        (1) their actual expenses related to the work of the Commission;
        (2) when in a travel status outside the continental United 
    States, a per diem at the rate authorized to be paid for members of 
    the uniformed services under section 405 of title 37 instead of 
    subsistence; and
        (3) when in a travel status in the continental United States, a 
    per diem at the rate authorized to be paid under sections 5702 and 
    5703 of title 5 instead of subsistence.

    (c) Expenses of Officers of Armed Forces Serving on Commission.--An 
officer of the Armed Forces serving as a member or as secretary of the 
Commission may be reimbursed for expenses when traveling on business of 
the Commission in the same way as civilian members of the Commission.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1269; Pub. L. 106-117, title 
VI, Sec. 604(1), Nov. 30, 1999, 113 Stat. 1580.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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2101(a)...............................  36:121 (1st par.).               Mar. 4
, 1923, ch. 283, Sec.  1 (1st
                                                                          par.)
, 42 Stat. 1509; June 26, 1946,
                                                                          ch. 5
02, 60 Stat. 317; Dec. 18, 1989,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 101-237, title V, Sec.  503,
                                                                          103 S
tat. 2094.
2101(b)...............................  36:121 (2d par.).                Mar. 4
, 1923, ch. 283, Sec.  1 (2d
                                                                          par.)
, 42 Stat. 1509; June 26, 1946,
                                                                          ch. 5
02, 60 Stat. 317; July 25, 1956,
                                                                          ch. 7
21, Sec.  1, 70 Stat. 640; Oct.
                                                                          21, 1
970, Pub. L. 91-480, 84 Stat.
                                                                          1081;
 Apr. 1, 1976, Pub. L. 94-256, 90
                                                                          Stat.
 301.
                                        36:121 (last par.).              Mar. 4
, 1923, ch. 283, Sec.  1 (last
                                                                          par.)
, 42 Stat. 1509; June 26, 1946,
                                                                          ch. 5
02, 60 Stat. 317; July 25, 1956,
                                                                          ch. 7
21, Sec.  1, 70 Stat. 640.
2101(c)...............................  36:122.                          Sept. 
26, 1996, Pub. L. 104-204, title
                                                                          III, 
(2d proviso in par. under heading
                                                                          ``Ame
rican Battle Monuments
                                                                          Commi
ssion''), 110 Stat. 2907.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``from time to time'' are omitted as 
unnecessary.
    In subsection (b), before clause (1), the text of 36:121 (last par.) 
is omitted as executed. In clauses (2) and (3), the word ``same'' is 
omitted as unnecessary. In clause (2), the words ``authorized to be 
paid'' are substituted for ``prescribed'' for consistency with clause 
(3) and 37:405.
    Subsection (c) is based on 36:122 which is from the 2d proviso in 
the paragraph under the heading ``American Battle Monuments Commission'' 
in title III of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 
(Public Law 104-204, 110 Stat. 2907). The provision has been repeated 
each year in prior appropriations acts and therefore is restated as a 
permanent provision. For prior provisions, see citations under 36:122 
(1994 ed.). In the restatement, the words ``in the same way as'' are 
substituted for ``as provided for'' for clarity and consistency in the 
revised title.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 106-117, Sec. 604(1)(A), struck out 
``, United States Code,'' after ``title 37''.
    Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 106-117, Sec. 604(1)(B), struck out ``, 
United States Code,'' after ``title 5''.
