§ 7655. Arms and ammunition: agencies and departments of the United States

Statutory text

Whenever required for the protection of public money and property, the Secretary of the Army may lend arms and their accouterments, and issue ammunition, to a department or independent agency of the United States, upon request of its head. Property lent or issued under this subsection may be delivered to an officer of the department or agency designated by the head thereof, and that officer shall account for the property to the Secretary of the Army. Property lent or issued under this subsection and not properly expended shall be returned when it is no longer needed.

The department or agency to which property is lent or issued under subsection (a) shall transfer funds to the credit of the Department of the Army to cover the costs of—

ammunition issued;

replacing arms and accouterments that have been lost or destroyed, or cannot be repaired;

repairing arms and accouterments returned to the Department of the Army; and

making and receiving shipments by the Department of the Army.

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.

1956
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 261, § 4655 · 70A Stat. 261
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 7655
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 261, § 4655
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 261, § 4655
2018
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title VIII § 808(d) · 132 Stat. 1636
Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 7655
Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4655 of this title as this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4655 of this title as this section.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(d) Subtitle B, Part IV, Section Numbers.— Each section in part IV of such subtitle is redesignated so that the number of the section, as redesignated, is the number equal to the previous number plus 3,000.
Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

historicalAndRevision

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
4655(a)4655(b)	50:61 (less proviso).50:61 (proviso).	Mar. 3, 1879, ch. 183 (2d par. under “Miscellaneous”); restated Apr. 14, 1937, ch. 79, 50 Stat. 63.

In subsection (a), the word “lend” is substituted for the word “issue”, with respect to arms and accouterments, since the property must be returned when the necessity for its use has expired. The words “and not properly expended” are inserted for clarity. The words “United States” are substituted for the word “Government”. The word “their” is substituted for the words “suitable * * * for use therewith”. The words “it is no longer needed” are substituted for the words “the necessity for their use has expired”.

In subsection (b), the words “hereafter”, “borrowed”, and “under the authority of this section” are omitted as surplusage.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 7655 was renumbered section 8855 of this title.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4655 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Credits

1956–2018 · 2 acts

1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 261, § 4655
2018renumbered § 7655, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.

Show as published

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 261, § 4655; renumbered § 7655, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)