10 USC § 7565 - Colors, standards, and guidons of demobilized organizations: disposition

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title: "10 USC § 7565 - Colors, standards, and guidons of demobilized organizations: disposition"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7565"
section_name: "Colors, standards, and guidons of demobilized organizations: disposition"
chapter_number: 765
chapter_name: "ISSUE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL TO ARMED FORCES"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 256, § 4565; Pub. L. 89–718, § 29, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1119; renumbered § 7565, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)"
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# § 7565. Colors, standards, and guidons of demobilized organizations: disposition

**(a)** The Secretary of the Army may dispose of colors, standards, and guidons of demobilized organizations of the Army, as follows:

Those that cannot be returned or sent under clause (1) or (2) of this subsection shall be delivered to the Secretary for such national use as the Secretary may direct.

**(1)** Those brought into Federal service by the Army National Guard of a State may be returned to that State upon the request of its governor.

**(2)** Those that cannot be returned under clause (1) may, upon the request of its governor, be sent to the State that, as determined by the Secretary, furnished the majority of members of the organization when it was formed.

**(b)** Title to colors, standards, and guidons of demobilized organizations of the Army remains in the United States.

**(c)** No color, standard, or guidon may be disposed of under this section unless provision satisfactory to the Secretary has been made for its preservation and care.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 256, § 4565; Pub. L. 89–718, § 29, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1119; renumbered § 7565, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 4565(a) | 5:202 (less 3d and last sentences). | Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 166, § 2, 41 Stat. 1438. |
| 4565(b) | 5:202 (3d sentence). |  |
| 4565(c) | 5:202 (last sentence). |  |

In subsection (a), the words “Any which were used during their service by such organizations and” are omitted as surplusage. The first 15 words of the last sentence are substituted for 5:202 (1st 45 words of 2d sentence).

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior sections 7571 to 7573 were renumbered sections 8771 to 8773 of this title, respectively.

Prior sections 7574 and 7575 were repealed by , , .

Section 7574, acts , ; , , ; , , ; , , (d), ; , , ; , , ; , , (c), , related to quarters: limitations on size.

Section 7575, , , related to quarters: exemptions from cost limitations.

Prior sections 7576 and 7577 were renumbered sections 8776 and 8777 of this title, respectively.

A prior section 7578, , , related to limitations on furnishing of tableware and kitchen utensils, prior to repeal by , , .

Prior sections 7579 to 7582 were renumbered sections 8779 to 8782 of this title, respectively.

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1966—Subsec. (a).  substituted the Secretary of the Army for the Quartermaster General as the officer to accept delivery of colors, standards, and guidons of demobilized organizations of the Army which cannot be disposed of under clauses (1) and (2).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .