§1310 — Title 40 Public Buildings, Property, and Works | U.S. Code

Summary

The President may, using the head of an executive department and on terms that head thinks best, sell to private people, other federal departments, or foreign governments fighting an enemy of the United States: war supplies, materials, and equipment; the by‑products of those items; and any building, plant, or factory (and the land) bought since April 6, 1917 for making such supplies that the government owned during the emergency on July 9, 1918. Laws that allow sale of guns and ammunition limit buyers to other government departments, foreign governments fighting a country the United States is at war with, and members of the National Rifle Association or similar U.S. groups that promote small‑arms target practice.

Title 40, §1310

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(a)The President, through the head of any executive department and on terms the head of the department considers expedient, may sell to a person, another department of the Federal Government, or the government of a foreign country engaged in war against a country with which the United States is at war—

(1)war supplies, material, and equipment;

(2)by-products of the war supplies, material, and equipment; and

(3)any building, plant, or factory, including the land on which the plant or factory may be situated, acquired since April 6, 1917, for the production of war supplies, materials, and equipment that, during the emergency existing on July 9, 1918, may have been purchased, acquired, or manufactured by the Government.

(b)Sales of guns and ammunition authorized under any law shall be limited to—

(1)other departments of the Government;

(2)governments of foreign countries engaged in war against a country with which the United States is at war; and

(3)members of the National Rifle Association and of other recognized associations organized in the United States for the encouragement of small-arms target practice.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 131040:314.July 9, 1918, ch. 143 (last par. on p. 850), 40 Stat. 850; Feb. 25, 1919, ch. 39, § 3, 40 Stat. 1173; May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1(8), 45 Stat. 986; Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 770, (55), 60 Stat. 870. In this section, the words “government of a foreign country” are substituted for “foreign State or Government”, and the words “against a country” are substituted for “against any Government”, for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code. In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words “partnership, association” are omitted because of the definition of person in 1:1. In subsection (b), before clause (1), the words “in this section or . . . other” are omitted as unnecessary.

§1310 Sale of War Supplies, Land, and Buildings

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Title 40, §1310

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