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[CITE: 38USC2401]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
              CHAPTER 24--NATIONAL CEMETERIES AND MEMORIALS
 
Sec. 2401. Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials

    There shall be appointed by the Secretary an Advisory Committee on 
Cemeteries and Memorials. The Secretary shall advise and consult with 
the Committee from time to time with respect to the administration of 
the cemeteries for which the Secretary is responsible, and with respect 
to the selection of cemetery sites, the erection of appropriate 
memorials, and the adequacy of Federal burial benefits. The Committee 
shall make periodic reports and recommendations to the Secretary and to 
Congress.

(Added Pub. L. 93-43, Sec. 2(a), June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 75, Sec. 1001; 
amended Pub. L. 99-576, title VII, Sec. 701(53), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 
Stat. 3295; Pub. L. 101-237, title III, Sec. 313(b)(1), Dec. 18, 1989, 
103 Stat. 2077; renumbered Sec. 2401, Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), Aug. 6, 
1991, 105 Stat. 406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 1001 of this title as this 
section.
    1989--Pub. L. 101-237 substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator'' wherever appearing.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-576 substituted ``the Administrator'' for ``he'' 
before ``is responsible''.


                   Termination of Advisory Committees

    Advisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not 
later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of 
their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by 
the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is 
renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year 
period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its 
duration is otherwise provided for by law. See section 14 of Pub. L. 92-
463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees.
