---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 U.S.C. § 416a"
title: "24"
title_heading: "Hospitals and Asylums"
number: "416a"
heading: "Resident Advisory Committees"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/24/416a"
units:
  - "Chapter 10 — Armed Forces Retirement Home"
  - "Subchapter I — Establishment and Operation of Retirement Home"
---

# §416a. Resident Advisory Committees

- (a) **Establishment and purpose—**
  - (1) A [Resident Advisory Committee](/usc/24/401.md?p=4) is an elected body of residents at each facility of the [Retirement Home](/usc/24/401.md?p=1) established to provide a forum for all residents to express their needs, ideas, and interests through elected representatives of their respective floor or area.
  - (2) A [Resident Advisory Committee](/usc/24/401.md?p=4)—
    - (A) serves as a forum for ideas, recommendations, and representation to management of that facility of the [Retirement Home](/usc/24/401.md?p=1) to enhance the morale, safety, health, and well-being of residents; and
    - (B) provides a means to communicate policy and general information between residents and management.
- (b) **Election process—** The election process for the [Resident Advisory Committee](/usc/24/401.md?p=4) at a facility of the [Retirement Home](/usc/24/401.md?p=1) shall be coordinated by the facility Ombudsman.
- (c) **Chairperson—**
  - (1) The Chairperson of a [Resident Advisory Committee](/usc/24/401.md?p=4) shall be elected at large and serve a two-year term.
  - (2) Chairpersons serve as a liaison to the Administrator and are voting members of the [Advisory Council](/usc/24/401.md?p=3). Chairpersons shall create meeting agendas, conduct the meetings, and provide a copy of the minutes to the Administrator, who will forward the copy to the Chief Operating Officer for approval.
- (d) **Meetings—** At a minimum, meetings of a [Resident Advisory Committee](/usc/24/401.md?p=4) shall be conducted quarterly.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XV, § 1516A, as added Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title V, § 563(a), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1423.)