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[CITE: 10USC2553]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
        CHAPTER 152--ISSUE OF SUPPLIES, SERVICES, AND FACILITIES
 
Sec. 2553. Equipment and services: Presidential inaugural 
        ceremonies
        
    (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense may, with 
respect to the ceremonies relating to the inauguration of a President, 
provide the assistance referred to in subsection (b) to--
        (1) the Presidential Inaugural Committee; and
        (2) the congressional Joint Inaugural Committee.

    (b) Assistance.--Assistance that may be provided under subsection 
(a) is the following:
        (1) Planning and carrying out activities relating to security 
    and safety.
        (2) Planning and carrying out ceremonial activities.
        (3) Loan of property.
        (4) Any other assistance that the Secretary considers 
    appropriate.

    (c) Reimbursement.--(1) The Presidential Inaugural Committee shall 
reimburse the Secretary for any costs incurred in connection with the 
provision to the committee of assistance referred to in subsection 
(b)(4).
    (2) Costs reimbursed under paragraph (1) shall be credited to the 
appropriations from which the costs were paid. The amount credited to an 
appropriation shall be proportionate to the amount of the costs charged 
to that appropriation.
    (d) Loaned Property.--With respect to property loaned for a 
presidential inauguration under subsection (b)(3), the Presidential 
Inaugural Committee shall--
        (1) return that property within nine days after the date of the 
    ceremony inaugurating the President;
        (2) give good and sufficient bond for the return in good order 
    and condition of that property;
        (3) indemnify the United States for any loss of, or damage to, 
    that property; and
        (4) defray any expense incurred for the delivery, return, 
    rehabilitation, replacement, or operation of that property.

    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) The term ``Presidential Inaugural Committee'' means the 
    committee referred to in section 501 of title 36 that is appointed 
    with respect to the inauguration of a President-elect and Vice 
    President-elect.
        (2) The term ``congressional Joint Inaugural Committee'' means 
    the joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives 
    referred to in section 507 of title 36 that is appointed with 
    respect to the inauguration of a President-elect and Vice President-
    elect.

(Added Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 1(48)(A), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1458, 
Sec. 2543; amended Pub. L. 96-513, title V, Sec. 511(81), Dec. 12, 1980, 
94 Stat. 2927; Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title III, Sec. 366(a), Sept. 
23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2495; Pub. L. 105-225, Sec. 4(a)(2), Aug. 12, 1998, 
112 Stat. 1498; renumbered Sec. 2553, 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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2543(a)...............................  36:726 (1st sentence).               Au
g. 6, 1956, ch. 974, Secs.
2543(b)...............................  36:726 (less 1st and 2d sentences).   1
(b)(1) (as applicable to Sec.
                                        36:721(b)(1) (as applicable to        6
), 6, 70 Stat. 1049, 1050.
2543(c)...............................   36:726).
                                        36:726 (2d sentence).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``under section 721 of title 36'' are 
inserted for clarity. The words ``ensigns'' and ``Red Cross flags'' are 
omitted as covered by the word ``flags''.
    In subsection (b), the words ``and the whole without expense to the 
United States'' are omitted as surplusage.
    In subsection (c), the words ``nine days after the date of the 
ceremony inaugurating the President'' are substituted for the words 
``five days after the end of the inaugural period'', in 36:726 (2d 
sentence), and 36:721(b)(1).


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 2553 was renumbered section 2563 of this title.


                               Amendments

    2000--Pub. L. 106-398 renumbered section 2543 of this title as this 
section.
    1998--Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 105-225, Sec. 4(a)(2)(A), substituted 
``section 501 of title 36'' for ``subsection (b)(2) of the first section 
of the Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies Act (36 U.S.C. 721)''.
    Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 105-225, Sec. 4(a)(2)(B), substituted 
``section 507 of title 36'' for ``the proviso in section 9 of the 
Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies Act (36 U.S.C. 729)''.
    1996--Pub. L. 104-201 substituted ``Equipment and services: 
Presidential inaugural ceremonies'' for ``Equipment: Inaugural 
Committee'' in section catchline and amended text generally. Prior to 
amendment, text read as follows:
    ``(a) The Secretary of Defense, under such conditions as he may 
prescribe, may lend, to an Inaugural Committee established under the 
first section of the Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies Act (36 U.S.C. 
721), hospital tents, smaller tents, camp appliances, hospital 
furniture, flags other than battle flags, flagpoles, litters, and 
ambulances and the services of their drivers, that can be spared without 
detriment to the public service.
    ``(b) The Inaugural Committee must give a good and sufficient bond 
for the return in good order and condition of property lent under 
subsection (a).
    ``(c) Property lent under subsection (a) shall be returned within 
nine days after the date of the ceremony inaugurating the President. The 
Inaugural Committee shall--
        ``(1) indemnify the United States for any loss of, or damage to, 
    property lent under subsection (a); and
        ``(2) defray any expense incurred for the delivery, return, 
    rehabilitation, replacement, or operation of that property.''
    1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-513 substituted ``the first section of 
the Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies Act (36 U.S.C. 721)'' for 
``section 721 of title 36''.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 
701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.
