Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§7450 Cadets: Clothing and Equipment
Title 10 › Subtitle B — Army › PART III — TRAINING › CHAPTER 753 — UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY › § 7450
Summary
The Secretary of the Army may set an amount, taken from a cadet's pay at admission, to pay for the cadet's first uniforms and gear; if a cadet leaves before graduating and still owes money, they must return distinctive military clothing and equipment to repay it, and any shortfall is canceled. The Secretary may also supply uniforms and equipment to cadets when they ask, under the Secretary's rules.
Full Legal Text
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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
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
Regulations
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.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
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.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 7450
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102