US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

36 U.S.C. § 2105

Monuments built by the United States Government

(a)

Memorials .—

The American Battle Monuments Commission shall prepare plans and estimates to build suitable memorials commemorating the service of American Armed Forces, and shall build and maintain memorials in the United States and, as the Commission decides, at any place outside the United States where the Armed Forces have served since .
(b)

Architecture and Art .—

section 2400(b) of title 38The Commission shall build and maintain works of architecture and art in United States cemeteries located outside the United States and the territories and possessions of the United States that are permanent cemeteries. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall maintain works of architecture and art built by the Commission in the National Cemetery Administration, as described in .
(c)

Control and Supervision of Materials, Design, and Building .—

(1)
The Commission shall control the materials and design and prescribe regulations for, and supervise the building of, all memorial monuments and buildings in United States cemeteries located outside the United States and the territories and possessions of the United States.
(2)
The Commission shall control the design and prescribe regulations for the building of all memorial monuments and buildings commemorating the service of American Armed Forces that are built in a foreign country or political division of the foreign country that authorizes the Commission to carry out those duties and powers.
(d)

Approval by National Commission of Fine Arts .—

A design for a memorial must be approved by the National Commission of Fine Arts before the Commission can accept it.

Pub. L. 105–225112 Stat. 1271Pub. L. 105–368, title IV, § 403(d)(1)112 Stat. 3339(, , ; , , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

2105(a)

36:123 (1st par. 1st sentence).

Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 283, § 3, 42 Stat. 1509; June 26, 1946, ch. 502, 60 Stat. 317; July 25, 1956, ch. 721, §§ 2(b), (d), 3(b), 70 Stat. 640, 641.

2105(b)

36:123 (1st par. 2d, last sentences).

 

2105(c)

36:123 (2d, last pars.).

 

2105(d)

36:124.

Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 283, § 4, 42 Stat. 1510; June 26, 1946, ch. 502, 60 Stat. 317; July 25, 1956, ch. 721, §§ 2(b), (d), 3(c), 70 Stat. 640, 641.

In subsections (a) and (c)(2), the word “American” is omitted as unnecessary.

In subsection (a), the words “or shall hereafter serve” are omitted as obsolete.

section 2400(b) of title 3838 U.S.C. 2404In subsection (b), the words “Secretatry [sic] of Veterans Affairs” are substituted for “Department of Defense”, and the words “the National Cemetery System, as described in ” are substituted for “cemeteries within the United States, its Territories and possessions”, because of section 6 of the National Cemeteries Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-43, note), which transferred jurisdiction over and responsibility for the national cemeteries (with certain exceptions) from the Secretary of the Army to the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs.

In subsection (c)(2), the words “duties and powers” are substituted for “functions” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 105–3681998—Subsec. (b). substituted “National Cemetery Administration” for “National Cemetery System”.