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[CITE: 10USC979]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER 49--MISCELLANEOUS PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES
 
Sec. 979. Prohibition on loan and grant assistance to persons 
        convicted of certain crimes
        
    Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may not be used to 
provide a loan, a guarantee of a loan, or a grant to any person who has 
been convicted by a court of general jurisdiction of any crime which 
involves the use of (or assisting others in the use of) force, trespass, 
or the seizure of property under the control of an institution of higher 
education to prevent officials or students of the institution from 
engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies.

(Added Pub. L. 98-525, title XIV, Sec. 1401(c)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 
Stat. 2615.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the 
following appropriation acts:
    Pub. L. 98-473, title I, Sec. 101(h) [title VIII, Sec. 8027], Oct. 
12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1904, 1928.
    Pub. L. 98-212, title VII, Sec. 732, Dec. 8, 1983, 97 Stat. 1444.
    Pub. L. 97-377, title I, Sec. 101(c) [title VII, Sec. 735], Dec. 21, 
1982, 96 Stat. 1833, 1856.
    Pub. L. 97-114, title VII, Sec. 736, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1585.
    Pub. L. 96-527, title VII, Sec. 737, Dec. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 3087.
    Pub. L. 96-154, title VII, Sec. 739, Dec. 21, 1979, 93 Stat. 1159.
    Pub. L. 95-457, title VIII, Sec. 839, Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1250.
    Pub. L. 95-111, title VIII, Sec. 838, Sept. 21, 1977, 91 Stat. 906.
    Pub. L. 94-419, title VII, Sec. 737, Sept. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 1297.
    Pub. L. 94-212, title VII, Sec. 737, Feb. 9, 1976, 90 Stat. 175.
    Pub. L. 93-437, title VIII, Sec. 838, Oct. 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 1231.
    Pub. L. 93-238, title VII, Sec. 740, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 Stat. 1045.
    Pub. L. 92-570, title VII, Sec. 740, Oct. 26, 1972, 86 Stat. 1203.
    Pub. L. 92-204, title VII, Sec. 741, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 734.
    Pub. L. 91-668, title VIII, Sec. 841, Jan. 11, 1971, 84 Stat. 2037.
    Pub. L. 91-171, title VI, Sec. 641, Dec. 29, 1969, 83 Stat. 486.
    Pub. L. 90-580, title V, Sec. 540, Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1136.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 1404 of Pub. L. 98-525, 
set out as a note under section 520b of this title.
