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[CITE: 10USC9624]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
                CHAPTER 939--SALE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL
 
Sec. 9624. Medical supplies: civilian employees of the Air 
        Force; American National Red Cross; Armed Forces Retirement Home
        
    (a) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Air 
Force, a civilian employee of the Department of the Air Force who is 
stationed at an air base may buy necessary medical supplies from the Air 
Force when they are prescribed by a medical officer on active duty.
    (b) The Secretary may sell medical supplies to the American National 
Red Cross for cash.
    (c) The Secretary may sell medical and hospital supplies to the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 580; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, 
Sec. 514(17)(A), (B), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2936; Pub. L. 101-510, 
div. A, title XV, Sec. 1533(a)(8)(A), (B), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 
1735.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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9624(a)...............................  10:1236.                             Ap
r. 23, 1904, ch. 1485 (last
9624(b)...............................  10:1254.                              p
roviso under ``Medical
9624(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 ``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 subsections (b) and (c), the words ``The Secretary'' are 
substituted for the words ``Medical Department of the Army'', since the 
functions which, for the Army, are assigned by statute to subordinate 
organizational units of the Army, are, for the Air Force, assigned to 
the Secretary of the Air Force.
    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)(8)(B), substituted ``Armed 
Forces Retirement Home'' for ``Soldiers' and Airmen's Home'' in section 
catchline.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-510, Sec. 1533(a)(8)(A), substituted 
``Armed Forces Retirement Home'' for ``United States Soldiers' and 
Airmen's Home''.
    1980--Pub. L. 96-513, Sec. 514(17)(B), inserted ``the'' before 
``Air'' and ``and Airmen's'' after ``Soldiers' '' in section catchline.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-513, Sec. 514(17)(A), substituted ``United 
States Soldiers' and Airmen's'' for ``Soldiers' ''.


                    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.
