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465 465 CHAPTER 647.—DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE OR S U R P L U S MATERIAL Sec. 7641. 7542. 7543. 7544. 7545. 7546. 7547.

Obsolete and other material: gift or sale to Boy Scouts of America. Excess clothing: sale for distribution to needy. Useless ordnance material: disposition of proceeds on sale. Devices and trophies: transfer to other agencies. Obsolete material and articles of historical interest: loan or gift. Loan or gift of articles to ships' sponsors and donors. Equipment for instruction in seamanship: loan to military schools.

§ 7541. Obsolete and other material: gift or sale to Boy Scouts of America Subject to regulations under section 486 of title 40, 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. I n either case the cost of transportation and delivery shall be charged to the Boy Scouts of America. §7542. Excess clothing: sale for distribution to needy (a) Subject to regulations under section 486 of title 40, the Secretary of the Navy, under regulations prescribed by him, may sell, at nominal prices, to recognized charitable organizations, to 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. §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.

§ 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.

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