(a)
(2) The Executive Director reports directly to the Secretary.
(b)
(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 cemetery's 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.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 7724 was renumbered section 8894 of this title.
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4724 of this title as this section.
Effective Date of 2018 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.