Section
281, acts May 14, 1948, ch. 289, § 1,
62 Stat. 234; Sept. 14, 1959,
Pub. L. 86–260,
73 Stat. 547, enumerated classes of persons eligible for burial in national cemeteries and provided for removal of remains. See section
2402 of Title
38, Veterans’ Benefits.
Section
281a, act Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 467, § 1,
61 Stat. 742, provided for utilization of surplus military real property for cemeteries.
Section
281b, act Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 467, § 2,
61 Stat. 742, related to utilization of surplus military real property for expansion of existing cemeteries and limited the expanded national cemetery area to six hundred and forty acres.
Section
281c, act Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 467, § 3,
61 Stat. 742, authorized regulations respecting utilization of surplus military real property for cemeteries.
Section
281d, act Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 52, § 1,
64 Stat. 12, related to utilization of surplus military real property for cemeteries at Fort Logan, Colo.
Section
281e, act Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 52, § 2,
64 Stat. 12, provided for selection of lands, care and maintenance, and limitation of area of national cemetery at Fort Logan, Colo.
Section
281f, act Mar. 10, 1950, ch. 52, § 3,
64 Stat. 12, authorized Secretary of the Army to prescribe rules and regulations for administration of national cemetery at Fort Logan, Colo.
Section
281g, act Aug. 10, 1950, ch. 672, §§ 1,
2,
64 Stat. 434, provided for expansion of existing cemeteries at Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois, Fort Leavenworth, National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and Barrancas National Cemetery, near Pensacola, Florida.
Section
282, act Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 355, § 1,
37 Stat. 440, provided for burial of Confederate veterans.