§7450 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of the Army can set an amount to cover a new cadet’s first uniforms and gear, and that amount will be taken from the cadet’s pay. If a cadet leaves before graduating and still owes money advanced for required items, they must return enough distinctive uniform gear to repay; if those items are worth less than the debt, the rest is canceled. Under rules the Secretary sets, cadets at the Academy can ask for and be given uniforms and equipment.

Title 10, §7450

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(a)The Secretary of the Army may prescribe the amount to be credited to a cadet, upon original admission to the Academy, for the cost of his initial issue of clothing and equipment. That amount shall be deducted from his pay. If a cadet is discharged before graduation while owing the United States for pay advanced for the purchase of required clothing and equipment, he shall turn in so much of his clothing and equipment of a distinctive military nature as is necessary to repay the amount advanced. If the value of the clothing and equipment turned in does not cover the amount owed, the indebtedness shall be canceled.

(b)Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, uniforms and equipment shall be furnished to a cadet at the Academy upon his request.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4350(a)4350(b)10:1149a.10:1106.Aug. 31, 1918, ch. 166, § 9 (17th through 22d words), 40 Stat. 957. Aug. 22, 1951, ch. 340, § 1, 65 Stat. 196. In subsection (a), the words “while owing the United States for pay advanced for the purchase of” are substituted for the words “who is indebted to the United States on account of advances of pay to purchase”. The words “as is necessary to repay the amount advanced” are substituted for the words “to the extent required to discharge such indebtedness”. In subsection (b), the word “accouterments” is omitted as surplusage. The words “by the Government” and “such restrictions and” are omitted as surplusage. The words “at cost” are omitted to reflect Title IV of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended (63 Stat. 585), which authorized the Secretary of Defense to prescribe

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governing the use and sale of certain inventories at cost, including applicable administrative expenses. (See opinion of the Assistant General Counsel (Fiscal Matters) of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, January 4, 1955.)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4350 of this title as this section.

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Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

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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.

§7450 Cadets: clothing and equipment

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Title 10, §7450

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