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[CITE: 10USC9686]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
          CHAPTER 943--DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE OR SURPLUS MATERIAL
 
Sec. 9686. Obsolete ordnance: gift to State homes for soldiers 
        and sailors
        
    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 Air Force may give not more than two obsolete bronze or iron cannons 
suitable for firing salutes to any home for soldiers or sailors 
established and maintained under State authority.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 584; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, 
Sec. 514(18), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2936.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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9686..................................  50:66.                               Fe
b. 8, 1889, ch. 116, 25 Stat.
                                                                              6
57; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, Sec.
                                                                              2
(27), 65 Stat. 707.
                                        ...................................  Ma
r. 3, 1899, ch. 423 (1st proviso
                                                                              u
nder ``Ordnance Department''), 30
                                                                              S
tat. 1073; May 26, 1900, ch. 586
                                                                              (
1st proviso under ``Ordnance
                                                                              D
epartment''), 31 Stat. 216; June
                                                                              2
8, 1950, ch. 383, Sec.  402(e),
                                                                              6
4 Stat. 273.
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    The words ``subject to such regulations as he may prescribe'' are 
omitted, since the Secretary has inherent authority to issue regulations 
appropriate to exercising his statutory functions. The words ``to any of 
the `National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers' already established 
or hereafter established and'', in the Act of February 8, 1889, ch. 116, 
25 Stat. 657, are not contained in 50:66 (2d sentence). They are also 
omitted from the revised section, since the National Homes for Disabled 
Volunteer Soldiers were dissolved by the Act of July 3, 1930, ch. 863, 
46 Stat. 1016. The Acts of March 3, 1899, ch. 643 (1st proviso under 
``Ordnance Department''), 30 Stat. 1073; and May 26, 1900, ch. 586 (1st 
proviso under ``Ordnance Department''), 31 Stat. 216, as amended, 
relating to disposal of ordnance to ``Homes for Disabled Volunteer 
Soldiers'' by the Chief of Ordnance of the Army, became inoperative when 
the Homes were dissolved. Although section 402(e) of the Army 
Organization Act of 1950, ch. 383, 64 Stat. 273, amended the Act of May 
26, 1900, it did not have the effect of reviving that act. The word 
``give'' is substituted for the word ``deliver'' to express more clearly 
the intent of the section. The words ``serviceable'' and ``as may be on 
hand undisposed of'' are omitted as surplusage. The word ``may'' is 
substituted for the words ``is authorized and directed'', since section 
9684 of this title provides an alternative method for the disposal of 
obsolete cannon.


                               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.
