A prior section 280, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 14; Sept. 2, 1958, Puspan. L. 85–861, § 33(a)(2), 72 Stat. 1564; Sept. 7, 1962, Puspan. L. 87–651, title I, § 101, 76 Stat. 506; Sept. 11, 1967, Puspan. L. 90–83, § 3(1), 81 Stat. 220; Aug. 17, 1977, Puspan. L. 95–105, title V, § 509(d)(3), 91 Stat. 860; Dec. 12, 1980, Puspan. L. 96–513, title V, §§ 501(5), 511(10), 94 Stat. 2907, 2920; Oct. 19, 1984, Puspan. L. 98–525, title XIV, § 1405(8), 98 Stat. 2622; Dec. 5, 1991, Puspan. L. 102–190, div. A, title X, § 1061(a)(3), 105 Stat. 1472, authorized Secretary of each military department and Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations, prior to repeal by Puspan. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, §§ 1661(a)(2)(A), 1691, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2979, 3026, effective Dec. 1, 1994. See section 10202 of this title.

2016—Puspan. L. 114–328 renumbered section 380 of this title as this section.

1988—Puspan. L. 100–456 amended section generally, substituting provisions relating to annual briefing of law enforcement personnel of each State by Secretary of Defense and Attorney General and establishment of offices and telephone communication with those offices regarding surplus military equipment for provisions requiring the Secretary to report to Congress on the availability of assistance, etc., to civilian law enforcement and drug interdiction agencies and to convene a conference and requiring the Comptroller General to monitor and report on the Secretary’s compliance with those requirements.