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[CITE: 10USC7542]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                     PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
 
          CHAPTER 647--DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE OR SURPLUS MATERIAL
 
Sec. 7542. Excess clothing: sale for distribution to needy

    (a) 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 Navy, under regulations prescribed by him, may sell, at nominal 
prices, to recognized charitable organizations, to States and 
subdivisions thereof, and to municipalities nonregulation and excess 
clothing that may be available for distribution to the needy. The 
clothing may be sold only if the purchaser agrees not to resell it but 
to give it to the needy.
    (b) A fair proportionate allotment of clothing to be sold under this 
section shall be set aside for distribution in each State and the 
District of Columbia. An allotment so set aside may not be sold for 
other distribution until at least 30 days after the allotment was made.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 465; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, 
Sec. 513(39), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2934.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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7542..................................  34 U.S.C. 546d.                      De
c. 23, 1932, ch. 8, 47 Stat. 751;
                                                                              O
ct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, Sec.
                                                                              2
(22), 65 Stat. 707.
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    In subsection (a) the words ``absolutely free'' are omitted as 
surplusage.
    In subsection (b) the words ``for other distribution'' are 
substituted for the words ``distribution within any other State''. The 
words ``at least'' are added for clarity.


                               Amendments

    1980--Subsec. (a). 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.
