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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§7727 Cemetery concessions contracts

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle B— - Army › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT › Chapter CHAPTER 776— - ARMY NATIONAL MILITARY CEMETERIES › § 7727

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Army may hire outside groups to provide transportation, tours, and other needed services for visitors at Army National Military Cemeteries. Contracts must include rules to protect the cemeteries and keep them dignified and solemn. No contract may include operating the gift shop at Arlington National Cemetery unless Congress specifically authorizes that by an Act of Congress. Contracts must pay a franchise fee or other money to the United States. Earning revenue must come after honoring the fallen and giving visitors needed services at fair prices. Collected funds go into a special Treasury account for cemetery activities, are spent only as Congress allows, and remain available until used. A "concession contract" means any contract made under these rules.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §7727

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary of the Army may enter into a contract with an appropriate entity for the provision of transportation, interpretative, or other necessary or appropriate concession services to visitors at the Army National Military Cemeteries.
(b)(1)The Secretary of the Army shall establish and include in each concession contract such requirements as the Secretary determines are necessary to ensure the protection, dignity, and solemnity of the cemetery at which services are provided under the contract.
(2)A concession contract shall not include operation of the gift shop at Arlington National Cemetery without the specific prior authorization by an Act of Congress.
(c)A concession contract shall provide for payment to the United States of a franchise fee or such other monetary consideration as determined by the Secretary of the Army. The Secretary shall ensure that the objective of generating revenue for the United States is subordinate to the objectives of honoring the service and sacrifices of the deceased members of the armed forces and of providing necessary and appropriate services for visitors to the Cemeteries at reasonable rates.
(d)All franchise fees (and other monetary consideration) collected by the United States under subsection (c) shall be deposited into a special account established in the Treasury of the United States. The funds deposited in such account shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary of the Army, to the extent authorized and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts, to support activities at the Cemeteries. The funds deposited into the account shall remain available until expended.
(e)In this section, the term “concession contract” means a contract authorized and entered into under this section.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Prior sections 7727 to 7730 were renumbered sections 8897 to 8900 of this title, respectively.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4727 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

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 7727

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73