Sec. 592. INSPECTION OF MILITARY CEMETERIES UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS

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## SEC. 592 INSPECTION OF MILITARY CEMETERIES UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS ###

(a)Inspection and Recommendations Required The Inspector General of each military department shall conduct an inspection of each military cemetery under the jurisdiction of that military department and, based on the findings of those inspections, make recommendations for the regulation, management, oversight, and operation of the military cemeteries. ###

(b)Elements of Inspection The inspection of military cemeteries conducted by the Inspector General of a military department under subsection

(a)shall include an assessment of the following: ####

(1)The adequacy of the statutes, policies, and regulations governing the management, oversight, operations, and interments or inurnments (or both) by the military cemeteries under the jurisdiction of that military department and the adherence of such military cemeteries to such statutes, policies, and regulations. ####

(2)The system employed to fully account for and accurately identify the remains interred or inurned in such military cemeteries. ####

(3)The contracts and contracting processes and oversight of those contracts and processes with regard to compliance with Department of Defense and military department guidelines. ####

(4)The history and adequacy of the oversight conducted by the Secretary of the military department over such military cemeteries and the adequacy of corrective actions taken as a result of that oversight. ####

(5)The statutory and policy guidance governing the authorization for the Secretary of the military department to operate such military cemeteries and an assessment of the budget and appropriations structure and history of such military cemeteries. ####

(6)Such other matters as the Inspector General considers to be appropriate. ###

(c)Inspection of Additional Cemeteries ####

(1)Inspection required In addition to the inspections required by subsection (a), the Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall conduct an inspection of a statistically valid sample of cemeteries located at current or former military installations inside and outside the United States that are under the jurisdiction of the military departments for the purpose of obtaining an assessment of the adequacy of and adherence to the statutes, policies, and regulations governing the management, oversight, operations, and interments or inurnments (or both) by those cemeteries. ####

(2)Exclusion Paragraph

(1)does not apply to the cemeteries maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission and the military cemeteries identified in subsection (e). ###

(d)Submission of Inspection Results and Corrective Action Plans ####

(1)Military cemetery inspections Not later than May 15, 2012, the Secretaries of the military departments shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report containing— #####

(A)the findings of the inspections of the military cemeteries conducted under subsection (a); #####

(B)the recommendations of the Inspectors General of the military departments based on such inspections; and #####

(C)a plan for corrective action. ####

(2)Inspection of additional cemeteries Not later than June 29, 2013, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report containing the findings of the inspections conducted under subsection

(c)and the recommendations of the Inspector General based on such inspections. Not later than October 1, 2013, the Secretaries of the military departments shall submit to such committees a plan for corrective action. ###

(e)Military Cemetery Defined In subsections

(a)and (b), the term “military cemetery” means the cemeteries that are under the jurisdiction of a Secretary of a military department at the following locations: ####

(1)The United States Military Academy. ####

(2)The United States Naval Academy. ####

(3)The United States Air Force Academy.