2021 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle D - Air Force and Space Force
Part IV - Service, Supply, and Procurement
Chapter 979 - Real Property
Sec. 9771 - Acceptance of donations: land for mobilization, training, supply base, aviation field, or space mission-related facility

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 9771 (2021)
Section Name §9771. Acceptance of donations: land for mobilization, training, supply base, aviation field, or space mission-related facility
Section Text

The Secretary of the Air Force may accept for the United States a gift of—

(1) land that he considers suitable and desirable for a permanent mobilization, training, or supply base; and

(2) land that he considers suitable and desirable for an aviation field or space mission-related facility, if the gift is from a citizen of the United States and its terms authorize the use of the property by the United States for any purpose.

Source Credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 588; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, §923(e)(16)(A), (B), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3818.)

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
9771 10:1342.10:1344. Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 418 (6th and 8th pars. under "Office of the Chief Signal Officer"), 39 Stat. 622, 623.

10:1344 (last 40 words) is omitted as executed. The words "tract or tracts", in 10:1342 and 1344, are omitted as surplusage. The words "and remount station", in 10:1342, are omitted, since the property and civilian personnel of the Remount Service of the Quartermaster Corps were transferred to the Department of Agriculture by the Act of April 21, 1948, ch. 224, 62 Stat. 197 (7 U.S.C. 436–438). The words "by the United States for any purpose" are substituted for the words "for any other service of the United States which may hereafter appear desirable", in 10:1342. The words "from any person", in 10:1344, are omitted as surplusage.


EDITORIAL NOTES AMENDMENTS

2021—Pub. L. 116–283, §923(e)(16)(B), amended section catchline generally. Prior to amedment, catchline read as follows: "Acceptance of donations: land for mobilization, training, supply base, or aviation field".

Par. (2). Pub. L. 116–283, §923(e)(16)(A), inserted "or space mission-related facility" after "aviation field".

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 D - Air Force and Space Force
PART IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
CHAPTER 979 - REAL PROPERTY
Sec. 9771 - Acceptance of donations: land for mobilization, training, supply base, aviation field, or space mission-related facility
Contains section 9771
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 39 Stat. 622
62 Stat. 197
134 Stat. 3818
Public Law References Public Law 116-283
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