[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 8305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3269]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
32 CFR Part 553


Army National Cemeteries

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action adopts as final an interim rule which was 
published in the Federal Register (59 FR 60559) 25 November 1994. In 
accordance with Section 1176 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1994, Pub. L. 103-160, the Department of the Army 
amended the regulations governing eligibility for interment in 
Arlington National Cemetery to include former prisoners of war (POWs).

DATES: This final rule is effective February 14, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Superintendent, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, 
Virginia 22211-5003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
John C. Metzler, Jr., Superintendent, Arlington National Cemetery, 
(703) 695-3175.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 32 CFR Part 553 changed in accordance with 
Section 1176 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1994, Pub. L. 103-160. That section extended eligibility for interment 
in Arlington National Cemetery to any former prisoner of war who, while 
a prisoner of war, served honorably in the active military, naval, or 
air service and who dies on or after the date of enactment of the 1994 
Authorization Act (November 30, 1993).

    This final rule governs eligibility for interment in Arlington 
National Cemetery, an Army national cemetery which is under the 
jurisdiction of the Department of the Army. Because this final rule 
pertains to a military function of the Department of the Army, the 
provisions of Executive Order 12866 do not apply. It is hereby 
certified that this final rule will not have a significant impact on 
small business or governments in the area.

List of Subjects in 32 CFR Part 553

    Cemeteries, National cemeteries.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, the amendments to 32 CFR 
Part 553 published as an interim rule on November 25, 1994, (59 FR 
60559) are adopted as final with the following corrections:

PART 553--ARMY NATIONAL CEMETERIES

    1. In Sec. 553.15a, the section heading is corrected to read as 
follows:


Sec. 553.15a  Persons eligible for inurnment of cremated remains in 
Columbarium in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Sec. 553.15a  [Amended]

    2. In paragraph (e)(2) of Sec. 553.15a, the words ``active, 
military, naval, or air service'' are corrected to read ``active 
military, naval, or airservice''.
Kenneth L. Denton,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-3269 Filed 2-13-95; 8:45 am]
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