- § 8942. Rifles and ammunition for target practice: educational institutions having corps of midshipmen
- § 8943. Supplies: military instruction camps
§ 8942. Rifles and ammunition for target practice: educational institutions having corps of midshipmen
(a)Authority To Lend.—The Secretary of the Navy may lend, without expense to the United States, magazine rifles and appendages that are not of the existing service models in use at the time and that are not necessary for a proper reserve supply, to any educational institution having a uniformed corps of midshipmen of sufficient number for target practice. The Secretary may also issue 40 rounds of ball cartridges for each midshipman for each range at which target practice is held, but not more than 120 rounds each year for each midshipman participating in target practice.
(b)Responsibilities of Institutions.—The institutions to which property is lent under subsection (a) shall—
(1) use the property for target practice;
(2) take proper care of the property; and
(3) return the property when required.
(c)Regulations.—The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section, containing such other requirements as he considers necessary to safeguard the interests of the United States.
(Added Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title III, § 377(a), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 85, § 7912; renumbered § 8942, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(15), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)
§ 8943. Supplies: military instruction camps
Under such conditions as he may prescribe, the Secretary of the Navy may issue, to any educational institution at which an officer of the naval service is detailed as professor of naval science, such supplies as are necessary to establish and maintain a camp for the military instruction of its students. The Secretary shall require a bond in the value of the property issued under this section, for the care and safekeeping of that property and except for property properly expended, for its return when required.
(Added Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title III, § 377(a), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 85, § 7913; renumbered § 8943, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(15), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)