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[CITE: 50USC504]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                       CHAPTER 19--GUIDED MISSILES
 
Sec. 504. Delegation of authority by Secretary of Defense; 
        contributions for support
        
    The Secretary of Defense is authorized, in his discretion, to 
transfer to the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Navy, and 
to retransfer from either of such Secretaries to the other or to the 
Secretary of the Air Force, all, or any part of, the authority granted 
by sections 501 and 502 of this title; and, in connection with any such 
transfer or retransfer, to transfer all or any part of the funds 
available for the establishment and support of the joint long-range 
proving ground for guided missiles and other weapons. The Secretary of 
Defense is further authorized to permit, to the extent that he may deem 
appropriate, the Secretaries of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force to 
contribute, with or without reimbursement, to the establishment and 
support of the joint long-range proving ground for guided missiles 
authorized by this chapter, by the loan, assignment, or transfer of 
personnel, supplies, equipment, and services.

(May 11, 1949, ch. 98, Sec. 4, 63 Stat. 66.)
