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[CITE: 10USC4624]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
                CHAPTER 439--SALE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL
 
Sec. 4624. Medical supplies: civilian employees of the Army; 
        American National Red Cross; Armed Forces Retirement Home
        
    (a) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, 
a civilian employee of the Department of the Army who is stationed at an 
Army post may buy necessary medical supplies from the Army when they are 
prescribed by an officer of the Medical Corps on active duty.
    (b) With the approval of the Secretary, the Army Medical Department 
may sell medical supplies to the American National Red Cross for cash.
    (c) Any branch, office, or officer designated by the Secretary may 
sell medical and hospital supplies to the Armed Forces Retirement Home.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 259; Pub. L. 90-329, June 4, 1968, 
82 Stat. 170; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, Sec. 512(18)(A), (B), Dec. 12, 
1980, 94 Stat. 2930; Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XV, 
Sec. 1533(a)(5)(A), (B), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1734.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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4624(a)...............................  10:1236.                             Ap
r. 23, 1904, ch. 1485 (last
4624(b)...............................  10:1254.                              p
roviso under ``Medical
4624(c)...............................  24:58.                                D
epartment''), 33 Stat. 273; Mar.
                                                                              2
, 1905, ch. 1307 (last proviso
                                                                              u
nder ``Medical Department''), 33
                                                                              S
tat. 839.
                                        ...................................  Ma
r. 4, 1915, ch. 143 (2d proviso
                                                                              u
nder ``Medical Department''), 38
                                                                              S
tat. 1080.
                                        ...................................  Ju
ne 4, 1897, ch. 2 (par. under
                                                                              `
`Soldiers' Home, District of
                                                                              C
olumbia''), 30 Stat. 54; June 28,
                                                                              1
950, ch. 383, Sec.  402(d), 64
                                                                              S
tat. 272.
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    In subsection (a) the words ``an officer of the Medical Corps'' are 
substituted for the words ``medical officer''. The words ``on active 
duty'' are inserted for clarity.
    In subsection (b) the words ``rates of charge'', ``to cover the cost 
of purchase, inspection, and so forth'', and ``as can be spared without 
detriment to the military service'' are omitted as surplusage. The words 
``the contract prices paid therefor'' are omitted to reflect Title IV of 
the National Security Act of 1947, as amended (63 Stat. 585), which 
authorized the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations governing 
the use and sale of certain inventories at cost including applicable 
administrative expenses. (See opinion of the Assistant General Counsel 
(Fiscal Matters) of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, January 4, 
1955.) The word ``equipments'' is omitted as covered by the word 
``supplies''.
    In subsection (c), the words ``in the District of Columbia'' are 
omitted as surplusage, since there is only one Soldiers' Home. The words 
``Upon proper application therefor'' are omitted as surplusage. The 
words ``its contract prices'' are omitted to reflect Title IV of the 
National Security Act of 1947, as amended (63 Stat. 585), which 
authorized the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations governing 
the use and sale of certain inventories at cost, including applicable 
administrative expenses. (See opinion of the Assistant General Counsel 
(Fiscal Matters) of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, January 4, 
1955.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-510, Sec. 1533(a)(5)(B), substituted ``Armed 
Forces Retirement Home'' for ``Soldiers' and Airmen's Home'' in section 
catchline.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-510, Sec. 1533(a)(5)(A), substituted 
``Armed Forces Retirement Home'' for ``United States Soldiers' and 
Airmen's Home''.
    1980--Pub. L. 96-513, Sec. 512(18)(B), inserted ``and Airmen's'' 
after ``Soldiers' '' in section catchline.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-513, Sec. 512(18)(A), substituted ``United 
States Soldiers' and Airmen's'' for ``Soldiers' ''.
    1968--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 90-329 substituted ``Army Medical 
Department'' for ``Army Medical Service''.


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 101-510 effective one year after Nov. 5, 1990, 
see section 1541 of Pub. L. 101-510, set out as an Effective Date note 
under section 401 of Title 24, Hospitals and Asylums.


                    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.
