§ 710. Accountability for property issued to the National 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. 1956

   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 615 · 70A Stat. 615

   Enacted · 32 U.S.C. § 710

   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 615

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 615

2. 1958

   Pub. L. 85–861 § 33(c)(3) · 72 Stat. 1437

   Substituted · 32 U.S.C. § 710(c)

   Pub. L. 85–861 substituted “of further” for “or further”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 85–861 substituted “of further” for “or further”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) Section 710 (c) is amended by striking out the words “or further” 32 USC 710. in the first sentence and inserting the words “of further” in place thereof.

3. 1980

   Pub. L. 96–328 § 1(b)(1) · 94 Stat. 1027

   Substituted · 32 U.S.C. § 710

   Pub. L. 96–328, § 1(b)(1), substituted “Accountability for property issued to the National Guard” for “Reports of survey” in section catchline

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 96–328, § 1(b)(1), substituted “Accountability for property issued to the National Guard” for “Reports of survey” in section catchline.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) The section heading for such section is amended to read as follows: “§710. Accountability for property issued to the National Guard”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of Title 10, Armed Forces. Pub. L. 96–328, § 2, Aug. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1028, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) of the first section of this Act [amending subsecs. (b) and (c) of this section] shall apply to liability for property issued by the United States to the National Guard that is lost, damaged, or destroyed on or after October 1, 1980. Liability for such property that is lost, damaged, or destroyed before such date shall be governed by the provisions of section 710 of title 32, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 8, 1980].”

4. 1980

   Pub. L. 96–328 § 1(a) · 94 Stat. 1027

   Substituted · 32 U.S.C. § 710(b)

   Pub. L. 96–328, § 1(a), substituted provisions authorizing the Secretary of the Army, regarding the Army National Guard, and the Secretary of the Air Force, regarding the Air National Guard, to prescribe regulations for accounting for property issued by the United States to each service and for fixing responsibility for that property and requiring, as far as practicable, that the regulations prescribed be uniform among the components of each service for provisions authorizing, that if property issued to the National Guard is lost, damaged, or destroyed, or becomes unserviceable or unsuitable, a survey of the circumstances involved be conducted by a disinterested commissioned officer of the Regular Army, Army National Guard, Regular Air Force, or Air National Guard, as the case may be, and a report of the survey sent to the Secretary concerned or an officer designated by that Secretary to receive those reports

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–328, § 1(a), substituted provisions authorizing the Secretary of the Army, regarding the Army National Guard, and the Secretary of the Air Force, regarding the Air National Guard, to prescribe regulations for accounting for property issued by the United States to each service and for fixing responsibility for that property and requiring, as far as practicable, that the regulations prescribed be uniform among the components of each service for provisions authorizing, that if property issued to the National Guard is lost, damaged, or destroyed, or becomes unserviceable or unsuitable, a survey of the circumstances involved be conducted by a disinterested commissioned officer of the Regular Army, Army National Guard, Regular Air Force, or Air National Guard, as the case may be, and a report of the survey sent to the Secretary concerned or an officer designated by that Secretary to receive those reports.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) The section heading for such section is amended to read as follows: “§710. Accountability for property issued to the National Guard”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of Title 10, Armed Forces. Pub. L. 96–328, § 2, Aug. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1028, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) of the first section of this Act [amending subsecs. (b) and (c) of this section] shall apply to liability for property issued by the United States to the National Guard that is lost, damaged, or destroyed on or after October 1, 1980. Liability for such property that is lost, damaged, or destroyed before such date shall be governed by the provisions of section 710 of title 32, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 8, 1980].”

5. 1980

   Pub. L. 96–328 § 1(a) · 94 Stat. 1027

   Substituted · 32 U.S.C. § 710(c)

   Pub. L. 96–328, § 1(a), substituted provisions authorizing the Secretary concerned to charge liability for property lost, damaged, or destroyed to a member of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard when in similar circumstances a member of the Army or Air Force serving on active duty would be charged, to remit or cancel the liability of a member for good cause, and to charge a State or Territory, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, or the District of Columbia when such loss is incident to duty directed pursuant to the laws of, and in support of the authorities of, such jurisdiction for provisions authorizing the Secretary concerned to relieve a State or Territory, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, or the District of Columbia of liability for loss, damage, or destruction of property unless such loss occurred through negligence

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–328, § 1(a), substituted provisions authorizing the Secretary concerned to charge liability for property lost, damaged, or destroyed to a member of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard when in similar circumstances a member of the Army or Air Force serving on active duty would be charged, to remit or cancel the liability of a member for good cause, and to charge a State or Territory, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, or the District of Columbia when such loss is incident to duty directed pursuant to the laws of, and in support of the authorities of, such jurisdiction for provisions authorizing the Secretary concerned to relieve a State or Territory, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, or the District of Columbia of liability for loss, damage, or destruction of property unless such loss occurred through negligence.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) The section heading for such section is amended to read as follows: “§710. Accountability for property issued to the National Guard”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of Title 10, Armed Forces. Pub. L. 96–328, § 2, Aug. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1028, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) of the first section of this Act [amending subsecs. (b) and (c) of this section] shall apply to liability for property issued by the United States to the National Guard that is lost, damaged, or destroyed on or after October 1, 1980. Liability for such property that is lost, damaged, or destroyed before such date shall be governed by the provisions of section 710 of title 32, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 8, 1980].”

6. 1980

   Defense Officer Personnel Management Act

   Pub. L. 96–513 title V § 515(8) · 94 Stat. 2835

   Repealed · 32 U.S.C. § 710(d)

   Pub. L. 96–513 substituted “4(b)(22) of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934 (31 U.S.C. 725c(b)(22))” for “725c(b)(22) of title 31”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96–513 substituted “4(b)(22) of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934 (31 U.S.C. 725c(b)(22))” for “725c(b)(22) of title 31”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (8) Section 710(d) is amended by striking out “section 725c(b)(22) of title 31” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 4(b)(22) of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934 (31 U.S.C. 725c(b)(22))”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of Title 10, Armed Forces. Pub. L. 96–328, § 2, Aug. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1028, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) of the first section of this Act [amending subsecs. (b) and (c) of this section] shall apply to liability for property issued by the United States to the National Guard that is lost, damaged, or destroyed on or after October 1, 1980. Liability for such property that is lost, damaged, or destroyed before such date shall be governed by the provisions of section 710 of title 32, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 8, 1980].”

7. 1982

   Pub. L. 97–258 § 3(h)(2) · 96 Stat. 1065

   Struck · 32 U.S.C. § 710(d)

   Pub. L. 97–258 struck out “(31 U.S.C. 725c(b)(22))” after “1934”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 97–258 struck out “(31 U.S.C. 725c(b)(22))” after “1934”.

8. 1988

   National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989

   Pub. L. 100–456 div. A title XII § 1234(b)(1) · 102 Stat. 1918

   Struck · 32 U.S.C. § 710(c); 32 U.S.C. § 710(d)(3); 32 U.S.C. § 710(e); 32 U.S.C. § 710(f)

   Pub. L. 100–456 struck out “the Canal Zone,” after “Puerto Rico,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsecs. (c), (d)(3), (e), (f). Pub. L. 100–456 struck out “the Canal Zone,” after “Puerto Rico,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Sections 101(4), 101(6), 103, 104(c), 104(d), 107(b), 109, 304, 314(a), 314(d), 315(a), 315(b), 333, 501(b), 503(b), 504(b), 702(b), 702(c), 702(d), 703, 704, 708(d), 710, 711 and 712 are each amended by striking out “the Canal Zone,”.

9. 1993

   Pub. L. 103–160 div. A title V § 524(e) · 107 Stat. 1547

   1. Amended · 32 U.S.C. § 710(f)

      Pub. L. 103–160 designated existing provisions as par. (1)

   2. Substituted · 32 U.S.C. § 710(f)

      Pub. L. 103–160 substituted “subsections (b), (c), and (d)” for “subsections (b)–(d)”

   3. Struck · 32 U.S.C. § 710(f)

      Pub. L. 103–160 struck out “of the Regular Army or the Regular Air Force, as the case may be,” after “commissioned officer”

   4. Added · 32 U.S.C. § 710(f)

      Pub. L. 103–160 added par. (2)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 103–160 designated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted “subsections (b), (c), and (d)” for “subsections (b)–(d)”, struck out “of the Regular Army or the Regular Air Force, as the case may be,” after “commissioned officer”, and added par. (2).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (e) Personnel Authorized To Make Unserviceability Findings.— Section 710(f) of title 32, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting “(1)” after “(f)”; (2) by striking out “subsections (b)–(d)” and inserting in lieu thereof “subsections (b), (c), and (d)”; (3) by striking out “of the Regular Army or the Regular Air Force, as the case may be,”; and (4) by adding at the end the following: “(2) In designating an officer to conduct inspections and make findings for purposes of paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned shall designate— “(A) in the case of the Army National Guard, a commissioned officer of the Regular Army or a commissioned officer of the Army National Guard who is also a commissioned officer of the Army National Guard of the United States; and “(B) in the case of the Air National Guard, a commissioned officer of the Regular Air Force or a commissioned officer of the Air National Guard who is also a commissioned officer of the Air National Guard of the United States.”.

10. 2006

    National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006

    Pub. L. 109–163 div. A title X § 1057(b)(3) · 119 Stat. 3136

    Substituted · 32 U.S.C. § 710(c); 32 U.S.C. § 710(d)(3); 32 U.S.C. § 710(e); 32 U.S.C. § 710(f)(1)

    Pub. L. 109–163 substituted “State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands” for “State or Territory, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia” wherever appearing

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsecs. (c), (d)(3), (e), (f)(1). Pub. L. 109–163 substituted “State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands” for “State or Territory, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia” wherever appearing.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) Sections 104(d), 107, 109, 503, 703, 704, 710, and 712 are amended by striking “State or Territory, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia” and “State or Territory, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands or the District of Columbia” each place they appear and inserting “State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands”.

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