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# 10 U.S.C. § 7724 - Executive Director
## Text
(a) Appointment and Qualifications.— (1) There shall be an Executive Director of the Army National Military Cemeteries who shall meet such professional qualifications as may be established by the Secretary of the Army.
(2) The Executive Director reports directly to the Secretary.
(b) Responsibilities.— The Executive Director is responsible for the following:
(1) Exercising authority, direction and control over all aspects of the Cemeteries.
(2) Establishing and maintaining full accountability for all gravesites and inurnment niches in the Cemeteries.
(3) Oversight of the construction, operation and maintenance, and repair of the buildings, structures, and utilities of the Cemeteries.
(4) Acquisition and maintenance of real property and interests in real property for the Cemeteries.
(5) Planning and conducting private ceremonies at the Cemeteries, including funeral and memorial services for interment and inurnment, and planning and conducting public ceremonies, as directed by the Secretary of the Army.
(6) Formulating, promulgating, administering, and overseeing policies and addressing proposals for the placement of memorials and monuments in the Cemeteries.
(7) Formulating and implementing a master plan for Arlington National Cemetery that, at a minimum, addresses interment and inurnment capacity, visitor accommodation, operation and maintenance, capital requirements, preservation of the cemeterys special features, and other matters the Executive Director considers appropriate.
(8) Overseeing the programming, planning, budgeting, and execution of funds authorized and appropriated for the Cemeteries.
(9) Providing recommendations regarding any request for an exception to interment and inurnment eligibility policy.
(10) Supervising the superintendents of the Cemeteries.
(Added Pub. L. 11281, div. A, title V, § 591(a)(1), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1440, § 4724; renumbered § 7724, Pub. L. 115232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Prior ProvisionsA prior section 7724 was renumbered section 8894 of this title.
Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115232 renumbered section 4724 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.