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Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Chapter 7 — Foreign Excess Property

§ 703. Donation of medical supplies for use in foreign country

Statutory text

(a)

Application.—

This section applies to medical materials or supplies that are in a foreign country but that would, if situated within the United States, be available for donation under subchapter III of chapter 5 of this title.

(b)

In General.—

An executive agency may donate medical materials or supplies that are not disposed of under section 702 of this title.

(c)

Conditions.—

A donation under this section is subject to the following conditions:

(1)

The medical materials and supplies must be donated for use in a foreign country.

(2)

The donation must be made to a nonprofit medical or health organization, which may be an organization qualified to receive assistance under section 214(b) or 607 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2174(b), 2357).

(3)

The donation must be made without cost to the donee (except for costs of care and handling).

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. Pub. L. 107–217 · 116 Stat. 1062

    Enacted · 40 U.S.C. § 703

    (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1126.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1126.)

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

Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
70340:512(b).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title IV, § 402(b), as added Pub. L. 91–426, § 2(d), Sept. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 883.

Credits

(Pub. L. 107–217, , 116 Stat. 1126.)

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