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[CITE: 10USC7222]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                     PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
 
   CHAPTER 631--SECRETARY OF THE NAVY: MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES
 
Sec. 7222. Naval Historical Center Fund: references to Fund

    Any reference in a law, regulation, document, paper, or other record 
of the United States to the Naval Historical Center Fund formerly 
maintained under this section shall be deemed to refer to the Department 
of the Navy General Gift Fund maintained under section 2601 of this 
title.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 446; Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title 
X, Sec. 1073(b)(1), (2)(A), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2657; Pub. L. 106-
398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title IX, Sec. 942(d)(2)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 
Stat. 1654, 1654A-242.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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7222..................................  5 U.S.C. 419b.                       Ma
r. 4, 1937, ch. 26, 50 Stat. 25.
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    In subsection (a) the word ``receive'' and the words ``from 
individuals or others'' and ``of the United States'' are omitted as 
surplusage. The title of the ``Office of Naval Records and Library, Navy 
Department'' is changed to ``Office of Naval Records and History'', in 
accordance with a directive of the Secretary of the Navy dated March 10, 
1949.
    Subsection (b) is rewritten for clarity and to conform to a similar 
statement appearing in 5 U.S.C. 150s.


                               Amendments

    2000--Pub. L. 106-398 amended section catchline and text generally. 
Prior to amendment, section related to acceptance and administration of 
gifts, bequests, and loans for the benefit of the Naval Historical 
Center.
    1996--Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1073(b)(2)(A), substituted ``Naval 
Historical Center Fund'' for ``Office of Naval Records and History gift 
fund'' in section catchline.
    Subsecs. (a), (c). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1073(b)(1), substituted 
``Naval Historical Center'' for ``Office of Naval Records and History'' 
wherever appearing.


   Merger of Naval Historical Center Fund Into Department of the Navy 
                            General Gift Fund

    Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title IX, Sec. 942(a)], Oct. 30, 
2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-241, provided that:
    ``(1) The Secretary of the Navy shall transfer all amounts in the 
Naval Historical Center Fund maintained under section 7222 of title 10, 
United States Code, to the Department of the Navy General Gift Fund 
maintained under section 2601 of such title. Upon completing the 
transfer, the Secretary shall close the Naval Historical Center Fund.
    ``(2) Amounts transferred to the Department of the Navy General Gift 
Fund under this subsection shall be merged with other amounts in that 
Fund and shall be available for the purposes for which amounts in that 
Fund are available.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 26 section 2055.
