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[CITE: 10USC4688]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
          CHAPTER 443--DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE OR SURPLUS MATERIAL
 
Sec. 4688. Armor-piercing ammunition and components: condition 
        on disposal
        
    (a) Limitation on Resale or Other Transfer.--Except as provided in 
subsection (b), whenever the Secretary of the Army carries out a 
disposal (by sale or otherwise) of armor-piercing ammunition, or a 
component of armor-piercing ammunition, the Secretary shall require as a 
condition of the disposal that the recipient agree in writing not to 
sell or otherwise transfer any of the ammunition (reconditioned or 
otherwise), or any armor-piercing component of that ammunition, to any 
purchaser in the United States other than a law enforcement or other 
governmental agency.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) does not apply to a transfer of a 
component of armor-piercing ammunition solely for the purpose of metal 
reclamation by means of a destructive process such as melting, crushing, 
or shredding.
    (c) Special Rule for Non-Armor-Piercing Components.--A component of 
the armor-piercing ammunition that is not itself armor-piercing and is 
not subjected to metal reclamation as described in subsection (b) may 
not be used as a component in the production of new or remanufactured 
armor-piercing ammunition other than for sale to a law enforcement or 
other governmental agency or for a government-to-government sale or 
commercial export to a foreign government under the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2751).
    (d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``armor-piercing 
ammunition'' means a center-fire cartridge the military designation of 
which includes the term ``armor penetrator'' or ``armor-piercing'', 
including a center-fire cartridge designated as armor-piercing 
incendiary (API) or armor-piercing incendiary-tracer (API-T).

(Added Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title III, Sec. 382(a)(1)], 
Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-85.)

                       References in Text

    The Arms Export Control Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is Pub. L. 
90-629, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1320, as amended, which is classified 
principally to chapter 39 (Sec. 2751 et seq.) of Title 22, Foreign 
Relations and Intercourse. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2751 of Title 22 
and Tables.


                             Effective Date

    Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title III, Sec. 382(b)], Oct. 30, 
2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-85, provided that: ``Section 4688 of title 
10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with 
respect to any disposal of ammunition or components referred to in that 
section after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 30, 2000].''
