(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 HomeWashington and the Armed Forces Retirement HomeGulfport, 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 Airmens Home is hereby redesignated as the Armed Forces Retirement HomeWashington. The Naval Home is hereby redesignated as the Armed Forces Retirement HomeGulfport.
(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.
