2019 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law
Part IV - Service, Supply, and Procurement
Chapter 153 - Exchange of Material and Disposal of Obsolete, Surplus, or Unclaimed Property
Sec. 2581 - Excess UH-1 Huey and AH-1 Cobra helicopters: requirements for transfer to foreign countries

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 2581 (2019)
Section Name §2581. Excess UH–1 Huey and AH–1 Cobra helicopters: requirements for transfer to foreign countries
Section Text

(a) Requirements.—(1) Before an excess UH–1 Huey helicopter or AH–1 Cobra helicopter is transferred on a grant or sales basis to a foreign country for the purpose of flight operations by that country, the Secretary of Defense shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure that the helicopter receives, to the extent necessary, maintenance and repair equivalent to the depot-level maintenance and repair (as defined in section 2460 of this title) that the helicopter would need were the helicopter to remain in operational use with the armed forces. Any such maintenance and repair work shall be performed at no cost to the Department of Defense.

(2) The Secretary shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure that maintenance and repair work described in paragraph (1) is performed in the United States.

(b) Exception.—Subsection (a) does not apply with respect to salvage helicopters provided to the foreign country solely as a source for spare parts.

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title XII, §1234(a), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2156.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle A - General Military Law
PART IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
CHAPTER 153 - EXCHANGE OF MATERIAL AND DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE, SURPLUS, OR UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
Sec. 2581 - Excess UH-1 Huey and AH-1 Cobra helicopters: requirements for transfer to foreign countries
Contains section 2581
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 112 Stat. 2156
Public Law References Public Law 105-261
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