Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe, supplies and military publications procured for the Air Force or the Space Force may be sold to any educational institution to which an officer of the Air Force or the Space Force is detailed as professor of science and tactics, for the use of its military students. Sales under this section shall be for cash.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 581; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(e)(13), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3818.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
962710:1179 (less proviso).July 17, 1914, ch. 149 (less proviso), 38 Stat. 512.
The words “procured for” are substituted for the words “as are furnished to”. The words “stores * * * matériel of war” are omitted as covered by the word “supplies”. The words “the price listed to the Army” are omitted to reflect Title IV of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended (63 Stat. 585), which authorized the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations governing the use and sale of certain inventories at cost, including applicable administrative expenses. (See opinion of the Assistant General Counsel (Fiscal Matters) of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, January 4, 1955.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments2021—Pub. L. 116–283 inserted “or the Space Force” after “for the Air Force” and after “officer of the Air Force”, and substituted “science and tactics” for “air science and tactics”.
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