§8942 Rifles and Ammunition for Target Practice: Educational Institutions Having Corps of Midshipmen

Summary

The Secretary of the Navy may lend, at no cost to the United States, magazine rifles and related gear (not the Navy’s current service models and not needed for reserve stock) to schools that have a uniformed corps of midshipmen large enough for target practice. The Secretary may also provide 40 rounds of ball cartridges for each midshipman for each range, but no midshipman may receive more than 120 rounds in a year. The schools must use the items only for target practice, care for them, and return them when asked. The Secretary of the Navy must write rules to run the program and add any safeguards needed to protect U.S. interests.