24 USC § 416a - Resident Advisory Committees

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identifier: "/us/usc/t24/s416a"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "24 USC § 416a - Resident Advisory Committees"
title_number: 24
title_name: "HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS"
section_number: "416a"
section_name: "Resident Advisory Committees"
chapter_number: 10
chapter_name: "ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF RETIREMENT HOME"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-09-29"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XV, § 1516A, as added Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title V, § 563(a), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1423.)"
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# § 416a. Resident Advisory Committees

**(a)** **Establishment and purpose**

**(1)** A Resident Advisory Committee is an elected body of residents at each facility of the Retirement Home established to provide a forum for all residents to express their needs, ideas, and interests through elected representatives of their respective floor or area.

**(2)** A Resident Advisory Committee—

**(A)** serves as a forum for ideas, recommendations, and representation to management of that facility of the Retirement Home to enhance the morale, safety, health, and well-being of residents; and

**(B)** provides a means to communicate policy and general information between residents and management.

**(b)** **Election process** The election process for the Resident Advisory Committee at a facility of the Retirement Home shall be coordinated by the facility Ombudsman.

**(c)** **Chairperson**

**(1)** The Chairperson of a Resident Advisory Committee shall be elected at large and serve a two-year term.

**(2)** Chairpersons serve as a liaison to the Administrator and are voting members of the Advisory Council. Chairpersons shall create meeting agendas, conduct the meetings, and provide a copy of the minutes to the Administrator, who will forward the copy to the Chief Operating Officer for approval.

**(d)** **Meetings** At a minimum, meetings of a Resident Advisory Committee shall be conducted quarterly.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XV, § 1516A, as added Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title V, § 563(a), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1423.)