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10 USC § 2348 - Inventories of supplies not to be increased

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s2348"
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title: "10 USC § 2348 - Inventories of supplies not to be increased"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "2348"
section_name: "Inventories of supplies not to be increased"
chapter_number: 138
chapter_name: "COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH NATO ALLIES AND OTHER COUNTRIES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ACQUISITION AND CROSS-SERVICING AGREEMENTS"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 96–323, § 2(a), Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1018, § 2328; amended Pub. L. 97–22, § 11(a)(8), July 10, 1981, 95 Stat. 138; renumbered § 2348, Pub. L. 99–145, title XIII, § 1304(a)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 741; Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XI, § 1104(e), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3965; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title IX, § 931(e)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1535.)"
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# § 2348. Inventories of supplies not to be increased

Inventories of supplies for elements of the armed forces may not be increased for the purpose of transferring supplies under the authority of this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 96–323, § 2(a), Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1018, § 2328; amended Pub. L. 97–22, § 11(a)(8), July 10, 1981, 95 Stat. 138; renumbered § 2348, Pub. L. 99–145, title XIII, § 1304(a)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 741; Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XI, § 1104(e), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3965; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title IX, § 931(e)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1535.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1989— substituted “this subchapter” for “this chapter”.

1986— struck out “to military forces of any North Atlantic Treaty Organization country or any North Atlantic Treaty Organization subsidiary body” after “chapter”.

1985— renumbered  as this section.

1981— substituted “this chapter” for “this Act”.