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[CITE: 10USC2722]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
  CHAPTER 161--PROPERTY RECORDS AND REPORT OF THEFT OR LOSS OF CERTAIN 
                                PROPERTY
 
Sec. 2722. Theft or loss of ammunition, destructive devices, and 
        explosives: report to Secretary of the Treasury
        
    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall report the theft or 
other loss of any ammunition, destructive device, or explosive material 
from the stocks of the Department of Defense to the Secretary of the 
Treasury within 72 hours, if possible, after the discovery of such theft 
or loss.
    (b) Exclusion for Certain Items.--The Secretary of Defense may 
exclude from the reporting requirement under subsection (a) any item 
referred to in that subsection if--
        (1) the Secretary determines that the item represents a low risk 
    of danger to the public and would be of minimal utility to any 
    person who may illegally receive such item; and
        (2) the exclusion of such item is specified as being excluded 
    from the reporting requirement in a memorandum of agreement between 
    the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Treasury.

    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) The term ``explosive material'' means explosives, blasting 
    agents, and detonators.
        (2) The terms ``destructive device'' and ``ammunition'' have the 
    meanings given those terms by paragraphs (4) and (17), respectively, 
    of section 921 of title 18.

(Added Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, title III, Sec. 344(a), Sept. 29, 1988, 
102 Stat. 1961.)


                             Effective Date

    Section 344(c) of Pub. L. 100-456 provided that: ``The amendment 
made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall take effect with 
respect to thefts and losses discovered more than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 29, 1988].''
