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[CITE: 10USC2571]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
CHAPTER 153--EXCHANGE OF MATERIAL AND DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE, SURPLUS, OR 
                           UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
 
Sec. 2571. Interchange of property and services

    (a) If either of the Secretaries concerned requests it and the other 
approves, supplies and real estate may be transferred, without 
compensation, from one armed force to another.
    (b) If its head approves, a department or organization within the 
Department of Defense may, upon request, perform work and services for, 
or furnish supplies to, any other of those departments or organizations, 
without reimbursement or transfer of funds.
    (c) If military or civilian personnel of a department or 
organization within the Department of Defense are assigned or detailed 
to another of those departments or organizations, and if the head of the 
department or organization to which they are transferred approves, their 
pay and allowances and the cost of transporting their dependents and 
household goods may be charged to an appropriation that is otherwise 
available for those purposes to that department or organization.
    (d) No agency or official of the executive branch of the Federal 
Government may establish any regulation, program, or policy or take any 
other action which precludes, directly or indirectly, the Secretaries 
concerned from exercising the authority provided in this section.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 143; Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 1(49), 
Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1459; Pub. L. 99-167, title VIII, Sec. 821, Dec. 
3, 1985, 99 Stat. 991.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
                                                    1956 Act
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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2571(a) [now (b)].....................  5:171t (less clause (2)).            Oc
t. 29, 1949, ch. 787, Sec.  621,
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3 Stat. 1020.
2571(b) [now (c)].....................  5:171t (clause 2)).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``After June 30, 1949'' are omitted as 
executed. The words ``may perform work and services for, or furnish 
supplies to'' are substituted for the words ``services, work, supplies, 
materials, and equipment may be rendered or supplied'', since the word 
``supplies'', as defined in section 101(26) of this title, includes 
``equipment'' and ``material''. The words ``upon request'' are inserted 
for clarity.
    In subsection (b), the words ``on a reimbursable or other basis as 
authorized by law'', ``to duty'', and ``naval'' are omitted as 
surplusage.

                                                    1958 Act
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
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2571(a)...............................  14:640.                              Ju
ne 15, 1955, ch. 142, 69 Stat.
                                                                              1
34.
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    In subsection (a), the first 12 words are substituted for 14:640 
(last 20 words). The words ``may be transferred'' are substituted for 
the words ``The interchange . . . is authorized'', since the words 
``without compensation'' authorize a simple one-way transfer, while the 
word ``interchange'' normally means a mutual exchange. The words 
``military stores . . . and equipment of every character'' are omitted 
as covered by the word ``supplies'' as defined in section 101(26) of 
this title. The words ``armed force'' are substituted for the 
enumeration of the armed forces.


                               Amendments

    1985--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99-167 added subsec. (d).
    1958--Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 1(49)(A), substituted ``property'' for 
``supplies'' in section catchline.
    Subsecs. (a) to (c). Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 1(49)(B), (C), added 
subsec. (a) and redesignated former subsecs. (a) and (b) as (b) and (c), 
respectively.
