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[CITE: 10USC4565]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
       CHAPTER 435--ISSUE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL TO ARMED FORCES
 
Sec. 4565. Colors, standards, and guidons of demobilized 
        organizations: disposition
        
    (a) The Secretary of the Army may dispose of colors, standards, and 
guidons of demobilized organizations of the Army, as follows:
        (1) Those brought into Federal service by the Army National 
    Guard of a State may be returned to that State upon the request of 
    its governor.
        (2) Those that cannot be returned under clause (1) may, upon the 
    request of its governor, be sent to the State that, as determined by 
    the Secretary, furnished the majority of members of the organization 
    when it was formed.

Those that cannot be returned or sent under clause (1) or (2) of this 
subsection shall be delivered to the Secretary for such national use as 
the Secretary may direct.
    (b) Title to colors, standards, and guidons of demobilized 
organizations of the Army remains in the United States.
    (c) No color, standard, or guidon may be disposed of under this 
section unless provision satisfactory to the Secretary has been made for 
its preservation and care.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 256; Pub. L. 89-718, Sec. 29, Nov. 
2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1119.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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4565(a)...............................  5:202 (less 3d and last sentences).  Ma
r. 4, 1921, ch. 166, Sec.  2, 41
                                                                              S
tat. 1438.
4565(b)...............................  5:202 (3d sentence).
4565(c)...............................  5:202 (last sentence).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``Any which were used during their 
service by such organizations and'' are omitted as surplusage. The first 
15 words of the last sentence are substituted for 5:202 (1st 45 words of 
2d sentence).


                               Amendments

    1966--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89-718 substituted the Secretary of the 
Army for the Quartermaster General as the officer to accept delivery of 
colors, standards, and guidons of demobilized organizations of the Army 
which cannot be disposed of under clauses (1) and (2).
