10 U.S.C.
United States Code, 2017 Edition
Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 647 - DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE OR SURPLUS MATERIAL
Sec. 7546 - Loan or gift of articles to ships' sponsors and donors
From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§7546. Loan or gift of articles to ships' sponsors and donors

The Secretary of the Navy, under regulations prescribed by him and without expense to the United States, may lend or give—

(1) to the sponsor of a vessel the name plate or any small article of negligible or sentimental value from that vessel; and

(2) to any State, group, or organization named in section 7545 of this title any article, material, or equipment, including silver service, given by it.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 466.)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
7546 34 U.S.C. 546h (less applicability to 34 U.S.C. 546g). Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 804, §3 (less applicability to §2), 60 Stat. 898.

The words "the sponsor" are substituted for the words "any individual who sponsored" for brevity. The word "ship" and the word "person" are omitted as surplusage. The words "the loans or gifts described in this section shall be made" are omitted as unnecessary, and the words "under regulations prescribed by him" are substituted for the words "subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy" for brevity.