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[CITE: 10USC2552]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
        CHAPTER 152--ISSUE OF SUPPLIES, SERVICES, AND FACILITIES
 
Sec. 2552. Equipment for instruction and practice: American 
        National Red Cross
        
    The Secretary of a military department, under regulations to be 
prescribed by him, may lend equipment under the jurisdiction of that 
department that is on hand, and that can be temporarily spared, to any 
organization formed by the American National Red Cross that needs it for 
instruction and practice for the purpose of aiding the Army, Navy, or 
Air Force in time of war. The Secretary shall by regulation require the 
immediate return, upon request, of equipment lent under this section. 
The Secretary shall require a bond, in double the value of the property 
issued under this section, for the care and safekeeping of that property 
and for its return when required.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 142, Sec. 2542; renumbered 
Sec. 2552, Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title X, Sec. 1033(b)(1)], 
Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-260.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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2542..................................  10:1255.                             Ma
y 8, 1914, J. Res. 15, 38 Stat.
                                        10:1256.                              7
71.
                                        34:549.
                                        34:550.
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    The word ``may'' is substituted for the words ``is authorized * * * 
at his discretion'', in 10:1255 and 34:549. The word ``lend'' is 
substituted for the word ``issue'', in 10:1255 and 34:549. The words 
``proper'', ``to be'', ``out of equipment for medical or other 
establishments'', and ``belonging to the Government'', in 10:1255 and 
34:549, are omitted as surplusage. The words ``that needs it'' are 
substituted for the words ``as may appear to be required''. The words 
``under the jurisdiction of that department'' are inserted for clarity. 
The words ``upon request'' are substituted for the words ``when called 
for by the authority which issued them''.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 2552 was renumbered section 2562 of this title.


                               Amendments

    2000--Pub. L. 106-398 renumbered section 2542 of this title as this 
section.
