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[CITE: 10USC2454]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
               CHAPTER 145--CATALOGING AND STANDARDIZATION
 
Sec. 2454. Supply catalog: new or obsolete items

    (a) After any part of the supply catalog described in section 2451 
of this title is distributed, and with respect to the kinds of items 
covered by that part, only the items listed in it may be procured for 
recurrent use in the Department of Defense. However, a military 
department may acquire any new item that is necessary to carry out its 
mission. As soon as such an item is acquired, it shall be submitted to 
the Secretary for inclusion in the catalog and the standardization 
program.
    (b) Obsolete items may be deleted from the catalog at any time.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 140.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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2454(a)...............................  5:173e (less last 5 words of 1st     Ju
ly 1, 1952, ch. 539, Sec.  7, 66
                                         proviso).                            S
tat. 320; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 6,
2454(b)...............................  5:173e (last 5 words of 1st           S
ec.  1(a) (as applicable to
                                         proviso).                            D
efense Supply Management Agency),
                                                                              e
ff. June 30, 1953, 67 Stat. 638.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``After any part * * * is distributed'' 
are substituted for the words ``Following the publication and 
promulgation * * * or portions thereof''. The words ``and with respect 
to the kinds of items covered by that part'' are inserted for clarity. 
The word ``recurrent'' is substituted for the word ``repetitive''. The 
words ``the departments, bureaus, and services of'' are omitted as 
surplusage. The second sentence of the revised subsection is substituted 
for 5:173e (1st proviso, less last 5 words; and 2d proviso).
    In subsection (b), the words ``at any time'' are inserted for 
clarity.
