Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60
§7653 Ordnance and Ordnance Stores: District of Columbia High Schools
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle B— Army › Part IV— SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT › Chapter 771— ISSUE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL OTHER THAN TO ARMED FORCES › § 7653
Summary
Secretary of the Army may give District of Columbia high schools weapons and training supplies and must require a bond double their value, except for items properly used up.
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Title 10, §7653
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The Secretary of the Army, under regulations to be prescribed by him, may issue to the high schools of the District of Columbia ordnance and ordnance stores required for military instruction and practice. The Secretary shall require a bond in double the value of the property issued under this section, for the care and safekeeping of that property and, except for property properly expended, for its return when required.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 465310:1183.Feb. 5, 1891, J. Res. 9, 26 Stat. 1113. The words “at his discretion and”, “belonging to the Government, and which can be spared for that purpose”, and “in each case” are omitted as surplusage. The words “high schools of the” are substituted for the words “High School of Washington” since the various high schools of the District of Columbia have succeeded the Washington High School that existed at the time the statute was enacted. The words “except for property properly expended” are inserted for clarity.
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 7653 was renumbered section 8853 of this title.
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4653 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. § 7653
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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