[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR39.1]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
          CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (CONTINUED)
 
PART 39--STATE CEMETERY GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 39.1  Definitions.

    For the purpose of this part:
    (a) The term establishment means the process of site selection, land 
acquisition, development planning, contouring, landscaping, and 
construction necessary to convert a tract of land to an operational 
cemetery.
    (b) The term expansion means an increase in the burial capacity or 
acreage of a cemetery through the addition of gravesites and/or 
cemeterial facilities.
    (c) The term improvement means the enhancement of a cemetery through 
landscaping, nonrecurring maintenance, or addition of other features 
appropriate to cemeteries.


(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 2408(c)(2))


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    (d) The terms establishment, expansion and improvement include 
facilities determined to be necessary for the functioning of the 
cemetery such as superintendent lodges, chapels, crypts, mausoleums, and 
columbaria.


(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 2408(c)(1))

    (e) The term time phased development plan means a detailed, 
narrative description of the proposed site's characteristics, schedule 
for development, and estimates of costs by phases of construction.
    (f) The project means an undertaking to establish, expand, or 
improve a specific site for use as a State-owned veterans' cemetery.


(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 2408(c)(2))

    (g) The term State means each of the several States, Territories and 
possessions of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.


(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101(20))

    (h) The term veteran means a person who served in the active 
military, naval, or air service and who died while in service or was 
discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than 
dishonorable.


(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 2402)