# 32 CFR § 553.6: Standards for managing Army National Military Cemeteries

> Federal · Regulations · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-32-553.6

## Section

- **Citation:** 32 CFR § 553.6
- **Heading:** Standards for managing Army National Military Cemeteries
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 32—National Defense > Subtitle A—Department of Defense > CHAPTER V—DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY > SUBCHAPTER D—MILITARY RESERVATIONS AND NATIONAL CEMETERIES > PART 553—ARMY CEMETERIES > Subpart A-Army National Military Cemeteries

## Text

(a) The Executive Director is responsible for establishing and maintaining cemetery layout plans, including plans setting forth sections with gravesites, memorial areas with markers, and columbaria with niches, and landscape planting plans.
(b) New sections or areas may be opened and prepared for interments or for installing memorial markers only with the approval of the Executive Director.

## Nearby sections

- [32 CFR § 553.1 § 553.1 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-32-553.1.md)
- [32 CFR § 553.2 § 553.2 Purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-32-553.2.md)
- [32 CFR § 553.3 § 553.3 Statutory authorities.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-32-553.3.md)
- [32 CFR § 553.4 § 553.4 Scope and applicability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-32-553.4.md)
- [32 CFR § 553.5 § 553.5 Maintaining order.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-32-553.5.md)
- [32 CFR § 553.6 § 553.6 Standards for managing Army National Military Cemeteries.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-32-553.6.md)
- [32 CFR § 553.7 § 553.7 Arlington Memorial Amphitheater.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-32-553.7.md)
- [32 CFR § 553.8 § 553.8 Permission to install utilities.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-32-553.8.md)
- [32 CFR § 553.9 § 553.9 Assignment of gravesites or niches.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-32-553.9.md)
- [32 CFR § 553.10 § 553.10 Proof of eligibility.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-32-553.10.md)
- [32 CFR § 553.11 § 553.11 General rules governing eligibility for interment, inurnment, and memorialization at Arlington National Cemetery.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-32-553.11.md)
- [32 CFR § 553.12 § 553.12 Eligibility for interment in Arlington National Cemetery.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-32-553.12.md)
- [32 CFR § 553.13 § 553.13 Eligibility for inurnment in Arlington National Cemetery Columbarium.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-32-553.13.md)
- [32 CFR § 553.14 § 553.14 Eligibility for interment of cremated remains in the Arlington National Cemetery Unmarked Area.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-32-553.14.md)

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