24 U.S.C. § 411 : US Code - Section 411: Establishment of the Armed Forces Retirement Home

Search 24 U.S.C. § 411 : US Code - Section 411: Establishment of the Armed Forces Retirement Home

(a) Independent establishment
The Armed Forces Retirement Home is an independent establishment
in the executive branch.
(b) Purpose
The purpose of the Retirement Home is to provide, through the
Armed Forces Retirement Home - Washington and the Armed Forces
Retirement Home - Gulfport, residences and related services for
certain retired and former members of the Armed Forces.
(c) Facilities
(1) Each facility of the Retirement Home referred to in paragraph
(2) is a separate establishment of the Retirement Home.
(2) The United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home is hereby
redesignated as the Armed Forces Retirement Home - Washington. The
Naval Home is hereby redesignated as the Armed Forces Retirement
Home - Gulfport.
(d) Operation
(1) The Chief Operating Officer of the Armed Forces Retirement
Home is the head of the Retirement Home. The Chief Operating
Officer is subject to the authority, direction, and control of the
Secretary of Defense.
(2) Each facility of the Retirement Home shall be maintained as a
separate establishment of the Retirement Home for administrative
purposes and shall be under the authority, direction, and control
of the Director of that facility. The Director of each facility of
the Retirement Home is subject to the authority, direction, and
control of the Chief Operating Officer.
(e) Property and facilities
(1) The Retirement Home shall include such property and
facilities as may be acquired under paragraph (2) or accepted under
section 415(f) of this title for inclusion in the Retirement Home.
(2) The Secretary of Defense may acquire, for the benefit of the
Retirement Home, property and facilities for inclusion in the
Retirement Home.
(3) The Secretary of Defense may dispose of any property of the
Retirement Home, by sale, lease, or otherwise, that the Secretary
determines is excess to the needs of the Retirement Home. The
proceeds from such a disposal of property shall be deposited in the
Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund. No such disposal of real
property shall be effective earlier than 120 days after the date on
which the Secretary transmits a notification of the proposed
disposal to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives.
(f) Department of Defense support
The Secretary of Defense may make available from the Department
of Defense to the Retirement Home, on a nonreimbursable basis,
administrative support and office services, legal and policy
planning assistance, access to investigative facilities of the
Inspector General of the Department of Defense and of the military
departments, and any other support necessary to enable the
Retirement Home to carry out its functions under this chapter.
(g) Accreditation
The Chief Operating Officer shall endeavor to secure for each
facility of the Retirement Home accreditation by a nationally
recognized civilian accrediting organization, such as the
Continuing Care Accreditation Commission and the Joint Commission
for Accreditation of Health Organizations.
(h) Annual report
The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Congress an annual
report on the financial and other affairs of the Retirement Home
for each fiscal year.