38 CFR § 39.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t38/s39.1"
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title: "38 CFR § 39.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 38
title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
section_number: "39.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
part_number: "39"
part_name: "AID FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXPANSION, AND IMPROVEMENT, OR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, OF VETERANS CEMETERIES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "38 U.S.C. 101, 501, 2408, 2411, 3765."
regulatory_source: "75 FR 34005, June 16, 2010, unless otherwise noted."
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# 39.1 Purpose.

This part sets forth the mechanism for a State or Tribal Organization to obtain a grant to establish, expand, or improve a veterans cemetery that meets VA's national shrine standards of appearance that is or will be owned by the State, or operated by a Tribal Organization on trust land, or to obtain a grant to operate or maintain a State or Tribal veterans cemetery to meet VA's national shrine standards of appearance.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, 2408)

[77 FR 4472, Jan. 30, 2012]