---
kind: "unit"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
key: "ptII/ch24"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 24"
heading: "National Cemeteries and Memorials"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/ptII-ch24"
sections_count: 16
---

# Chapter 24 — National Cemeteries and Memorials

Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits › Part II — General Benefits

## Sections

- [§2400. Establishment of National Cemetery Administration; composition of Administration](/usc/38/2400.md)
- [§2401. Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials](/usc/38/2401.md)
- [§2402. Persons eligible for interment in national cemeteries](/usc/38/2402.md)
- [§2403. Memorial areas](/usc/38/2403.md)
- [§2404. Administration](/usc/38/2404.md)
- [§2405. Disposition of inactive cemeteries](/usc/38/2405.md)
- [§2406. Acquisition of lands](/usc/38/2406.md)
- [§2407. Authority to accept and maintain suitable memorials](/usc/38/2407.md)
- [§2408. Aid to States, counties, and tribal organizations for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans’ cemeteries](/usc/38/2408.md)
- [§2409. Memorial areas in Arlington National Cemetery](/usc/38/2409.md)
- [§2410. Burial of cremated remains in Arlington National Cemetery](/usc/38/2410.md)
- [§2410A. Arlington National Cemetery: other administrative matters](/usc/38/2410A.md)
- [§2411. Prohibition against interment or memorialization in the National Cemetery Administration or Arlington National Cemetery of persons committing certain Federal or State crimes](/usc/38/2411.md)
- [§2412. Lease of land and buildings](/usc/38/2412.md)
- [§2413. Prohibition on certain demonstrations and disruptions at cemeteries under control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery](/usc/38/2413.md)
- [§2414. Communication between Department of Veterans Affairs and medical examiners and funeral directors](/usc/38/2414.md)