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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part IV · Chapter 159 — Real Property; Related Personal Property; and Lease of Non-Excess Property

§ 2678. Feral horses and burros: removal from military installations

Statutory text

When feral horses or burros are found on an installation under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary may use helicopters and motorized equipment for their removal.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991

    Pub. L. 101–510 div. A title XIV § 1481(h)(1) · 104 Stat. 1485

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 2678

    (Added Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, § 1481(h)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1708.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Added Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, § 1481(h)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1708.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2677 the following new section: “§ 2678. Feral horses and burros: removal from military installations “When feral horses or burros are found on an installation under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary may use helicopters and motorized equipment for their removal.”.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in Pub. L. 101–165, title IX, § 9030, , 103 Stat. 1135, which was set out as a note under section 2241 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 101–510, § 1481(h)(3).

A prior section 2678, added Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(51), , 72 Stat. 1460, related to acquisition of mortgaged housing units, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97–214, §§ 7(1), 12(a), , 96 Stat. 173, 176, effective , and applicable to military construction projects, and to construction and acquisition of military family housing authorized before, on, or after such date.

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, § 1481(h)(1), , 104 Stat. 1708.)

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