§18502 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

Secretaries must provide reserve units the supplies, services, and facilities needed to support and develop them. They may give those supplies free when it benefits the United States; Army and Air Force Secretaries may give extra items to National Guards beyond Title 32 (secs. 702, 106, 107), and the items may be repossessed or reassigned.

Title 10, §18502

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(a)The Secretary concerned shall make available to the reserve components under his jurisdiction the supplies, services, and facilities of the armed forces under his jurisdiction that he considers necessary to support and develop those components.

(b)Whenever he finds it to be in the best interest of the United States, the Secretary concerned may issue supplies of the armed forces under his jurisdiction to the reserve components under his jurisdiction, without charge to the appropriations for those components for the cost or value of the supplies or for any related expense.

(c)Whenever he finds it to be in the best interest of the United States, the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force may issue to the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard, as the case may be, supplies of the armed forces under his jurisdiction that are in addition to supplies issued to that National Guard under section 702 of title 32 or charged against its appropriations under section 106 or 107 of title 32, without charge to the appropriations for those components for the cost or value of the supplies or for any related expense.

(d)Supplies issued under subsection (b) or (c) may be repossessed or redistributed as prescribed by the Secretary concerned.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2540 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1664(c)(2).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.

§18502 Reserve components: supplies, services, and facilities