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[CITE: 38USC2409]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
              CHAPTER 24--NATIONAL CEMETERIES AND MEMORIALS
 
Sec. 2409. 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;
        (2) whose remains have not been recovered or identified;
        (3) whose remains were buried at sea, whether by the member'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 of the Army, 
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.

(Added Pub. L. 99-576, title IV, Sec. 413(a), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 
3284, Sec. 1009; amended Pub. L. 101-237, title III, Sec. 313(b)(5), 
Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2077; renumbered Sec. 2409, Pub. L. 102-83, 
Sec. 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 1009 of this title as this 
section.
    1989--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-237 inserted ``of the Army'' after 
``Secretary''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2411 of this title.
