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[CITE: 10USC4681]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
          CHAPTER 443--DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE OR SURPLUS MATERIAL
 
Sec. 4681. Surplus war material: sale to States and foreign 
        governments
        
    Subject to regulations under section 205 of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 486), the Secretary of 
the Army may sell surplus war material and supplies, except food, of the 
Department of the Army, for which there is no adequate domestic market, 
to any State or to any foreign government with which the United States 
was at peace on June 5, 1920. Sales under this section shall be made 
upon terms that the Secretary considers expedient.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 262; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, 
Sec. 512(19), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2930.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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4681..................................  10:1262.                             Ju
ne 5, 1920, ch. 240 (2d proviso
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nder ``Contingencies of the
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rmy''), 41 Stat. 949; Oct. 31,
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951, ch. 654, Sec.  2(8), 65
                                                                              S
tat. 707.
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    The word ``may'' is substituted for the words ``is authorized in his 
discretion to''. The words ``war material'' are substituted for the word 
``materiel''. The words ``or equipment'' are omitted as covered by the 
word ``supplies''. The words ``of the Department of the Army'' are 
substituted for the words ``pertaining to the Military Establishment''. 
The words ``which are not needed for military purposes'' are omitted as 
covered by the word ``surplus''. The words ``as or may be found to be'' 
are omitted as surplusage.


                               Amendments

    1980--Pub. L. 96-513 substituted ``section 205 of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 486)'' for 
``section 486 of title 40''.


                    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.
