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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§2580 Donation of Excess Chapel Property

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART IV — SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › CHAPTER 153 — EXCHANGE OF MATERIAL AND DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE, SURPLUS, OR UNCLAIMED PROPERTY › § 2580

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Gives the head of a military department the power to donate furniture and other personal items from chapels that are closed or closing to religious charities that qualify under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Donations can help replace items lost to arson or terrorism when those losses are confirmed under rules set by the Secretary of Defense. Land or buildings cannot be given. Recipients are not charged for the items but must pay any costs to move them.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §2580

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Authority To Donate.—
The Secretary of a military department may donate personal property specified in subsection (b) to an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is a religious organization in order to assist the organization in restoring or replacing property of the organization that has been damaged or destroyed as a result of an act of arson or terrorism, as determined pursuant to procedures prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
(b)Property Covered.—
(1)The property authorized to be donated under subsection (a) is furniture and other personal property that—
(A)is in, or was formerly in, a chapel under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department and closed or being closed; and
(B)is determined by the Secretary to be excess to the requirements of the armed forces.
(2)No real property may be donated under this section.
(c)Donees Not To Be Charged.—
No charge may be imposed by the Secretary of a military department on a donee of property under this section in connection with the donation. However, the donee shall agree to defray any expense for shipping or other transportation of property donated under this section from the location of the property when donated to any other location.

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section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in subsec. (a), is classified to section 501(c)(3) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.

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10 U.S.C. § 2580

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110