10 U.S.C. § 9655: Arms and ammunition…

Summary

The Secretary of the Air Force may lend weapons and gear, and supply ammunition, to any U.S. department or independent agency when needed to protect public money or property, if that agency’s head asks. The items can be given to an officer the agency head names, and that officer must keep track of and report the items to the Secretary. Anything not used up must be returned when it is no longer needed. The agency that borrows must pay the Air Force. It must transfer money to the Air Force’s account to cover four things: ammunition issued; replacing lost, destroyed, or unrepairable weapons and gear; repairing items returned; and the costs of shipping.

Title 10, §9655

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(a)Whenever required for the protection of public money and property, the Secretary of the Air Force may lend arms and their accouterments, and issue ammunition, to a department or independent agency of the United States, upon request of its head. Property lent or issued under this subsection may be delivered to an officer of the department or agency designated by the head thereof, and that officer shall account for the property to the Secretary of the Air Force. Property lent or issued under this subsection and not properly expended shall be returned when it is no longer needed.

(b)The department or agency to which property is lent or issued under subsection (a) shall transfer funds to the credit of the Department of the Air Force to cover the costs of—

(1)ammunition issued;

(2)replacing arms and accouterments that have been lost or destroyed or cannot be repaired;

(3)repairing arms and accouterments returned to the Department of the Air Force; and

(4)making and receiving shipments by the Department of the Air Force.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 9655(a)9655(b)50:61 (less proviso).50:61 (proviso).Mar. 3, 1879, ch. 183 (2d par. under “Miscellaneous”); restated Apr. 14, 1937, ch. 79, 50 Stat. 63. In subsection (a), the word “lend” is substituted for the word “issue”, with respect to arms and accouterments, since the property must be returned when the necessity for its use has expired. The words “and not properly expended” are inserted for clarity. The words “United States” are substituted for the word “Government”. The word “their” is substituted for the words “suitable * * * for use therewith”. The words “it is no longer needed” are substituted for the words “the necessity for their use has expired”. In subsection (b), the words “hereafter”, “borrowed”, and “under the authority of this section” are omitted as surplusage.

§9655 Arms and Ammunition: Agencies and Departments of United States

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Title 10, §9655

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