---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 553.49"
title: "32"
number: "553.49"
heading: "Exceptions to policies for interment or inurnment at Army Post Cemeteries."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/553.49"
---

# §553.49. Exceptions to policies for interment or inurnment at Army Post Cemeteries.

- (a) Requests for exceptions to policy will be made to the Executive Director, Army National Military Cemeteries.
- (b) **Eligibility standards for interment and inurnment are based on honorable military service.** Exceptions to the eligibility standards are rarely granted. When granted, exceptions are for those persons who have made significant contributions that directly and substantially benefited the U.S. military.
- (c) Requests for an exception to the interment or inurnment eligibility policies shall be considered only after the individual's death.
- (d) Procedures for submitting requests for exceptions to policy for interment and inurnment will be established by the Executive Director, Army National Military Cemeteries.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 84 FR 45408, Aug. 29, 2019, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 985, 1128, 1481, 1482, 3013, 4721-4726; 24 U.S.C. 295a, 412; 38 U.S.C. 2402 note, 2409-2411, 2413; 40 U.S.C. 9102; and Pub. L. 93-43, 87 Stat. 75.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 65877, Sept. 26, 2016, unless otherwise noted.