Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§527 Purchases of Implements of War, Etc., From American Republics
Title 22 › CHAPTER 10 — HEMISPHERAL RELATIONS › SUBCHAPTER II — WAR MATERIALS › § 527
Summary
Army and Navy Secretaries may buy arms and war supplies from American republics if the United States cannot produce them.
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Title 22, §527
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The Secretaries of the Army and of the Navy are authorized to purchase arms, ammunition, and implements of war produced within the jurisdiction of any American republic if such arms, ammunition, or implements of war cannot be produced in the United States.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act
July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. section 205(a) of act
July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
Executive Documents
Secretary of the Air Force For transfer of certain procurement and related functions and property, insofar as they pertain to Air Force, from Secretary of the Army and Department of the Army to Secretary of the Air Force and Department of the Air Force, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order Nos. 6 [§ 1(a)(41)], eff. Jan. 15, 1948; 39 [§ 2zz], May 18, 1949.
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22 U.S.C. § 527
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102