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 PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 112 STAT. 2117 (b) REPEAL OF AUTHORITY TO MANAGE THROUGH THE DEFENSE BUSINESS OPERATIONS FUND.— Section 2216a of title 10, United States Code, and the item relating to that section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 131 of such title, are repealed. SEC. 1009. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO RETAIN RECOVERED COSTS OF DISPOSALS IN WORKING-CAPITAL FUNDS. Section 2210(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(a)(l) A working-capital fund established pursuant to section 2208 of this title may retain so much of the proceeds of disposals of property referred to in paragraph (2) as is necessary to recover the expenses incurred by the fund in disposing of such property. Proceeds from the sale or disposal of such property in excess of amounts necessary to recover the expenses may be credited to current applicable appropriations of the Department of Defense. "(2) Paragraph (1) applies to disposals of supplies, material. Applicability, equipment, and other personal property that were not financed by stock funds established under section 2208 of this title.". SEC. 1010. CREDITING OF AMOUNTS RECOVERED FROM THIRD PAR- TIES FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE TO PERSONAL PROPERTY SHIPPED OR STORED AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE. (a) IN GENERAL.— (1) Chapter 163 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: '^§2739. Amounts recovered from third parties for loss or damage to personal property shipped or stored at Government expense: crediting to appropriations "(a) CREDITING OF COLLECTIONS.— Any qualifying military department third-party collection shall be credited to the appropriate current appropriation. Amounts so credited shall be merged with the funds in that appropriation and shall be available for the same period and purposes as the funds with which merged. "(b) APPROPRIATE CURRENT APPROPRIATION. — For purposes of subsection (a), the appropriate current appropriation with respect to a qualifying military department third-party collection is the appropriation currently available, as of the date of the collection, for the payment of claims by that military department for loss or damage of personal property shipped or stored at Government expense. " (c) QUALIFYING MILITARY DEPARTMENT THIRD-PARTY COLLEC- TIONS.—For purposes of subsection (a), a qualifying military department third-party collection is any amount that a military department collects under sections 3711, 3716, 3717, and 3721 of title 31 from a third party for a loss or damage to personal property that occurred during shipment or storage of the property at Government expense and for which the Secretary of the military department paid the owner in settlement of a claim.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "2739. Amounts recovered from third parties for loss or damage to personal property shipped or stored at Government expense: crediting to appropriations.". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE. — Section 2739 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), applies with respect to amounts Applicability. 10 USC 2739 note.

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