CHAPTER 647-DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE OR SURPLUS MATERIAL Sec. 7541. 7541a. 7542. Obsolete and other material: gift or sale to Boy Scouts of America, Naval Excess clothing: sale for distribution to needy. 7543. 7544. Useless ordnance material: disposition of proceeds on sale. 7545. 7546. Obsolete material and articles of historical interest: loan or gift. 7547. Equipment for instruction in seamanship: loan to military schools. § 7541. Obsolete and other material: gift or sale to Boy Scouts of America, Naval Sea Cadet Corps and Young Marines of the Marine Corps League Subject to regulations under section 205 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 486), the Secretary of the Navy may (1) give obsolete material not needed for naval purposes; and (2) sell other material that may be spared at a price representing its fair value; to the Boy Scouts of America for the sea scouts, to the Naval Sea Cadet Corps for the sea cadets, and to the Young Marines of the Marine Corps League for the young marines. The cost of transportation and delivery of material given or sold under this section shall be charged to the Boy Scouts of America, to the Naval Sea Cadets, or to the Young Marines of the Marine Corps League, as the case may be. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 465; Jan. 3, 1975, P.L. 93–628, § 1, 88 Stat. 2147; Dec. 12, 1980, P.L. 96-513, §513(39), 94 Stat. 2934.) § 7541a. Uniform clothing: sale to Naval Sea Cadet Corps Subject to regulations under section 205 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 486), the Secretary of the Navy, under regulations prescribed by him, may sell any item of enlisted naval uniform clothing that may be spared, at a price representing its fair value, to the Naval Sea Cadet Corps for the sea cadets and to any Federal or State maritime academy having a department of naval science for the maritime cadets and midshipmen. The cost of transportation and delivery of items sold under this section shall be charged to the Naval Sea Cadet Corps and to such Federal and State maritime academies. (Added P.L. 89-266, § 1(1), Oct. 19, 1965, 79 Stat. 990, and amended P.L. 96–513, §513(39), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2934.) § 7542. Excess clothing: sale for distribution to needy (a) Subject to regulations under section 205 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 486), the Secretary of the Navy, under regulations prescribed by him, may sell, at nominal prices, to recognized charitable organizations, States and subdivisions thereof, and to municipalities nonregulation and excess clothing that may be available for distribution to the needy. The clothing may be sold only if the purchaser agrees not to resell it but to give it to the needy. (b) A fair proportionate allotment of clothing to be sold under this section shall be set aside for distribution in each State and the District of Columbia. An allotment so set aside may not be sold for other distribution until at least 30 days after the allotment was made. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 465; Dec. 12, 1980, P.L. 96–513, §513(39), 94 Stat. 2934.) § 7543. Useless ordnance material: disposition of proceeds on sale The net proceeds of sales of useless ordnance material by the Department of the Navy shall be covered into the Treasury. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 465.) § 7544. Devices and trophies: transfer to other agencies (a) The Secretary of the Navy may, without reimbursement, transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury devices and trophies_for the promotion of the sale of war bonds or victory bonds. The Secretary of the Treasury may sell or donate the devices and trophies for the promotion of the sale of such bonds. (b) The Secretary of the Navy may, without reimbursement, transfer to any agency of the United States devices and trophies for scientific, experimental, monumental, or display purposes. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 465.) $7545. Obsolete material and articles of historical interest: loan or gift (a) Subject to regulations under section 205 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 486), the Secretary of the Navy, under regulations prescribed by him, may lend or give, without expense to the United States, captured, condemned, or obsolete ordnance material, books, manuscripts, works of art, drawings, plans, and models, other condemned or obsolete material, trophies, and flags, and other material of historic interest not needed by the Department of the Navy, to (1) a State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession of the United States, or political subdivision or municipal corporation thereof; (2) the District of Columbia; (3) a library; (4) a historical society; (5) an educational institution whose graduates or students fought in World War I or World War II; (6) a soldiers' monument association; (7) a State museum; (8) a museum operated and maintained for educational purposes only, whose charter denies it the right to operate for profit; (9) a post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States; (10) a post of the American Legion; (11) any other recognized war veterans' association; or (b) Records of the Government as defined in section 3301 of title 44 may not be disposed of under this section. (c) No loan or gift under this section may be made unless (1) notice of the proposal to make the loan or gift is sent to Congress; (2) 30 calendar days of continuous session of Congress have expired after the notice was sent to Congress; and (3) during that 30-day period Congress does not pass a concurrent resolution stating in substance that it does not favor the proposed loan or gift. (d) If any disposition is authorized by this section and section 2572 of this title, the Secretary may make the gift or loan under either section. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 466; Dec. 12, 1980, P.L. 96-513, §513 (39), (40), 94 Stat. 2934, 2935.) § 7546. Loan or gift of articles to ships' sponsors and donors The Secretary of the Navy, under regulations prescribed by him and without expense to the United States, may lend or give (1) to the sponsor of a vessel the name plate or any small article of negligible or sentimental value from that vessel; and (2) to any State, group, or organization named in section 7545 of this title any article, material, or equipment, including silver service, given by it. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 466.) § 7547. Equipment for instruction in seamanship: loan to military schools (a) Upon the application of the governor of any State having a seacoast or bordering on any of the Great Lakes, the President may direct the Secretary of the Navy to lend to one well-established military school in that State that desires to instruct its cadets in elementary seamanship one fully equipped cutter for every 25 cadets attending the school, and such other equipment adequate for instruction in elementary seamanship as may be spared. (b) To be eligible for a loan under this section a school must(1) have adequate facilities for cutter drill; (2) have at least 75 cadets (A) at least 15 years of age; (B) in uniform; (C) receiving military instruction; and (D) quartered in barracks under military regulations; and (3) have the capacity to quarter and educate 150 cadets at one time. (c) Whenever a loan is made under this section, the Secretary shall require a bond in double the value of the property for its care and return when required. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 466.) CHAPTER 649-QUARTERS, UTILITIES, AND RELATED Sec. SERVICES 7571. Quarters or other accommodations: to whom furnished. 7572. 7573. Quarters: accommodations in place of for members on sea duty. [7574, 7575. Repealed.] 7576. 7577. (7578. 7579. 7580. 7581. Quarters: extension telephones. Quarters: Nurse Corps Officers; assignment in hospitals. Officers' messes and quarters: limitations on employment of enlisted mem- Heat and light for Young Men's Christian Association buildings. § 7571. Quarters or other accommodations: to whom furnished (a) Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy prescribes, public quarters including heat, light, water, and refrigeration may be furnished for personnel in the following categories who are on active duty: (1) Members of the naval service. (2) Members of the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy. (3) Members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration serving with the Navy. If public quarters are not available for any such member, the Secretary may provide lodging accommodations for him. Lodging accommodations so provided may not be occupied by the member's dependents. (b) The Secretary may determine in any case whether public quarters are available within the meaning of any provision of law relating to the assignment of or commutation for public quarters. (c) The Secretary, to the extent he considers proper, may delegate the authority conferred by subsection (a), except the authority to prescribe regulations, to any person in the Department of the Navy, with or without authority to make successive redelegations. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 467; Nov. 2, 1966, P.L. 89-718, §8(a), 80 Stat. 1117; Dec. 12, 1980, P.L. 96-513, § 513(41), 94 Stat. 2935.) § 7572. Quarters: accommodations in place of for members on sea duty (a) If public quarters are not available, the Secretary of the Navy may provide lodging accommodations for any (1) member of the naval service; (2) member of the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy; or (3) member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration serving with the Navy; |