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[CITE: 10USC2580]

 
                         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. 2580. Donation of excess chapel property

    (a) Authority To Donate.--The Secretary of a military department may 
donate personal property specified in subsection (b) to an organization 
described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that 
is a religious organization in order to assist the organization in 
restoring or replacing property of the organization that has been 
damaged or destroyed as a result of an act of arson or terrorism, as 
determined pursuant to procedures prescribed by the Secretary of 
Defense.
    (b) Property Covered.--(1) The property authorized to be donated 
under subsection (a) is furniture and other personal property that--
        (A) is in, or was formerly in, a chapel under the jurisdiction 
    of the Secretary of a military department and closed or being 
    closed; and
        (B) is determined by the Secretary to be excess to the 
    requirements of the armed forces.

    (2) No real property may be donated under this section.
    (c) Donees Not To Be Charged.--No charge may be imposed by the 
Secretary of a military department on a donee of property under this 
section in connection with the donation. However, the donee shall agree 
to defray any expense for shipping or other transportation of property 
donated under this section from the location of the property when 
donated to any other location.

(Added Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title X, Sec. 1063(a), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 
Stat. 1892.)

                       References in Text

    Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to 
in subsec. (a), is classified to section 501(c)(3) of Title 26, Internal 
Revenue Code.
