Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§7749 Property: for United States Surveys
Title 10 › Subtitle B — Army › PART IV — SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT › CHAPTER 777 — TRANSPORTATION › § 7749
Summary
When the Secretary of the Army names a unit or officer, that unit or officer must accept, carry, and take care of property turned over by U.S. survey teams, the National Museum, or any federal department or its field office. The National Museum or the department that gets the property must pay back the Army for the cost of moving it.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §7749
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Under regulations governing the transportation of Army supplies, any branch, office, or officer designated by the Secretary of the Army shall receive, transport, and be responsible for property turned over by the officers or agents of any United States survey, for the National Museum or for a department of the United States or field office thereof. The amount paid by the Army for transportation under this section shall be refunded to the Army by the National Museum or the department to which the property is consigned.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 474910:1377.
July 5, 1884, ch. 217 (9th proviso under “Quartermaster’s Department”), 23 Stat. 111;
June 28, 1950, ch. 383, § 402(b), 64 Stat. 272. The words “a department of the United States or a field office thereof” are substituted for the words “the civil or naval departments of the Government, in Washington or elsewhere”. The words “National Museum or the department to which the property is consigned” are substituted for the words “bureau to which such property or stores pertain”. The words “United States” are substituted for the word “Government”. The words “wherever stationed” are omitted as surplusage.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4749 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. § 7749
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102