PUBLIC LAW 101-510—NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 1723 (2) The term "Retirement Home Board" means the Armed Forces Retirement Home Board. (3) The term "Local Board" means a Board of Trustees established for each facility of the Retirement Home maintained as a separate establishment of the Retirement Home for administrative purposes. (4) The term "Director" means a Director of the Armed Forces Retirement Home appointed under section 1517(a). (5) The term "Fund" means the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund established under section 1519(a). (6) The term "Armed Forces" does not include the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy. (7) The term "chief personnel officers" means— (A) the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel of the Army; (B) the Chief of Naval Personnel; (C) the Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower and Personnel of the Air Force; and (D) the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower of the Marine Corps. (8) The term "senior noncommissioned officers" means the following: (A) The Sergeant Major of the Army. (B) The Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy. (C) The Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. (D) The Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps. PART A—ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF RETIREMENT HOME SEC. 1511. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 24 USC 411. (a) INCLUSION OF EXISTING HOMES.— The United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home and the Naval Home are hereby incorporated into an independent establishment in the Executive branch of the Federal Government to be known as the Armed Forces Retirement Home. (b) PURPOSE.— The purpose of the Retirement Home is to provide, through the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home and the Naval Home, a residence and related services for certain retired and former members of the Armed Forces. (c) OPERATION.—Each facility of the Retirement Home maintained as a separate establishment of the Retirement Home for administrative purposes shall be operated by a Director under the overall supervision of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Board. (d) PROPERTY AND FACILITIES. —(1) The Retirement Home shall consist of such property and facilities as may be transferred to the Retirement Home or acquired by the Retirement Home Board for inclusion in the Retirement Home. (2) On the effective date specified in section 1541(a), the property and facilities known and operated as the Naval Home and the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home shall be transferred to, and made a part of, the Retirement Home. (e) ACCREDITATION.— The Retirement Home Board shall endeavor to secure for each facility of the Retirement Home maintained as a separate establishment of the Retirement Home for administrative purposes the accreditation of that facility by a nationally recognized civilian accrediting organization, such as the Continuing Care
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