10 U.S.C. § 9685: Obsolete ordnance: loan to…

Summary

The Secretary of the Air Force can lend old military weapons and equipment to state schools, Guam and Virgin Islands schools, and State soldiers’ and sailors’ orphan homes for drill and training when the Governor of the State or territory recommends it. The loans must follow rules the Secretary sets. The United States will not pay to transport the items. No loan can go to any institution that was allowed to get ordnance under a law that was in effect on June 30, 1906, and still is. The Secretary must make each borrower post a bond worth twice the value of the items. The bond covers care, safekeeping, and the return of the property, except for property properly used up.

Title 10, §9685

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(a)Upon the recommendation of the Governor of the State concerned or Guam or the Virgin Islands, the Secretary of the Air Force, under regulations to be prescribed by him and without cost to the United States for transportation, may lend obsolete ordnance and ordnance stores to State, Guam, and the Virgin Islands educational institutions and to State soldiers’ and sailors’ orphans’ homes, for drill and instruction. However, no loan may be made under this subsection to an institution to which ordnance or ordnance stores may be issued under any law that was in effect on June 30, 1906, and is still in effect.

(b)The Secretary shall require a bond from each institution or home to which property is lent under subsection (a), in double the value of the property lent, for the care and safekeeping of that property and, except for property properly expended, for its return when required.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 9685(a)50:62a (1st par. and proviso of last par.).June 30, 1906, ch. 3938, 34 Stat. 817. 9685(b)50:62a (last par., less proviso). In subsection (a), the words “at his discretion” and “as may be available” are omitted as surplusage. The word “lend” is substituted for the word “issue” to reflect the intent of the section. 50:62a (1st 13 words of proviso) is omitted as surplusage. The words “and which is still in effect” are inserted for clarity. In subsection (b), the words “to the United States” are omitted as surplusage. The words “except property properly expended” are inserted for clarity.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–163 substituted “State concerned or Guam or the Virgin Islands” for “State or Territory concerned” and “State, Guam, and the Virgin Islands” for “State and Territorial”.

§9685 Obsolete Ordnance: Loan to Educational Institutions and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Homes