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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§7726 Oversight and inspections

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle B— - Army › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT › Chapter CHAPTER 776— - ARMY NATIONAL MILITARY CEMETERIES › § 7726

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Army must watch over the Cemeteries and carry out regular checks to make sure high standards are kept. These checks look at how the Cemeteries are run, cared for, and built, and are done by Army staff who can get help from other federal workers and civilian experts. Within 120 days after an inspection ends, the Secretary of the Army must send the congressional defense committees a report with the inspection results, recommendations, and a plan for fixing any problems.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §7726

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary of the Army shall provide for the oversight of the Cemeteries to ensure the highest quality standards are maintained by providing for the periodic inspection of the administration, operation and maintenance, and construction elements applicable to the Cemeteries. The inspections shall be conducted by personnel of the Department of the Army with the assistance, as the Secretary considers appropriate, of personnel from other Federal agencies and civilian experts.
(b)Not later than 120 days after the completion of an inspection conducted under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the results of the inspection and recommendations and a plan for corrective actions to be taken in response to the inspection.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 7726 was renumbered section 8896 of this title.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4726 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment 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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 7726

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73