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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part II · Chapter 831 — Miscellaneous Rights and Benefits

§ 8266. Uniforms, accouterments, and equipment: sale at cost

Statutory text

Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy prescribes, uniforms, accouterments, and equipment shall be sold by the United States at cost to officers and midshipmen of the naval service and, when the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the Navy, to officers of the Coast Guard.

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. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 386, § 6155 · 70A Stat. 386

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 8266

    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 386, § 6155

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 386, § 6155

  2. John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

    Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title VIII § 807(b)(10) · 132 Stat. 1636

    Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 8266

    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6155 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6155 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (10) Chapter 561.— The sections in chapter 561 are redesignated as follows: SectionRedesignated Section 61418261 61518262 61528263 61538264 61548265 61558266 61568267 61608270 61618271

    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

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
615534 U.S.C. 537.Jan. 12, 1919, ch. 8, 40 Stat. 1054; Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 9, 63 Stat. 559.

The words “officers and midshipmen of the naval service” are substituted for the words “any officer of the Navy or any officer of the Marine Corps” and “any midshipman”. The words “at the Naval Academy” are omitted. The statute is interpreted as covering all midshipmen, including the reserve category created by subsequent statute. The word “sold” is substituted for the word “furnished” for directness of expression.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6155 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective , 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.

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.

Credits

1956–2018 · 2 acts
  1. 1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 386, § 6155
  2. 2018renumbered § 8266, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(10), , 132 Stat. 1835.
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 386, § 6155; renumbered § 8266, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(10), , 132 Stat. 1835.)

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