10 U.S.C. § 7655 — Arms and ammunition: agencies and departments of the United States

submitted 70 years ago by ch. 1041 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 171 words · no verdicts yet

in plain englishAI-generated · not legal advice

The Army Secretary may lend arms to other federal agencies to protect public property. The receiving agency must name an officer to account for the property. That agency must also pay the Army for ammunition used and equipment lost or repaired.

(a) Whenever it's needed to protect public money and property, the Secretary of the Army may lend arms and accessories, and issue ammunition, to a federal department or independent agency that asks for it through its head. That property can go to an officer the agency names, and that officer must account for it to the Army Secretary. Any property lent or issued that isn't used up must be returned once it's no longer needed. (b) The agency that receives the property must pay the Army for (1) the ammunition it used; (2) replacing any arms or accessories that were lost, destroyed, or can't be repaired; (3) repairing arms and accessories that are returned to the Army; and (4) the cost of shipping the property both ways.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

(a)

Whenever required for the protection of public money and property, the Secretary of the Army may lend arms and their accouterments, and issue ammunition, to a department or independent agency of the United States, upon request of its head. Property lent or issued under this subsection may be delivered to an officer of the department or agency designated by the head thereof, and that officer shall account for the property to the Secretary of the Army. Property lent or issued under this subsection and not properly expended shall be returned when it is no longer needed.

(b)

The department or agency to which property is lent or issued under subsection (a) shall transfer funds to the credit of the Department of the Army to cover the costs of—

(1)

ammunition issued;

(2)

replacing arms and accouterments that have been lost or destroyed, or cannot be repaired;

(3)

repairing arms and accouterments returned to the Department of the Army; and

(4)

making and receiving shipments by the Department of the Army.

Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 261, § 4655; renumbered § 7655, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1839

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1041 on 1956-08-10.

all 0 arguments · sorted by: best

no arguments yet — make the first case