10 USC § 7657 - Sale of ammunition for avalanche-control purposes

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s7657"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 7657 - Sale of ammunition for avalanche-control purposes"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7657"
section_name: "Sale of ammunition for avalanche-control purposes"
chapter_number: 771
chapter_name: "ISSUE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL OTHER THAN TO ARMED FORCES"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 98–525, title XV, § 1538(a)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2636, § 4657; renumbered § 7657, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)"
---


# § 7657. Sale of ammunition for avalanche-control purposes

Subject to the needs of the Army, the Secretary of the Army may sell ammunition for military weapons which are used for avalanche-control purposes to any State (or entity of a State) or to any other non-Federal entity that has been authorized by a State to use those weapons in that State for avalanche-control purposes. Sales of ammunition under this section shall be on a reimbursable basis and shall be subject to the condition that the ammunition be used only for avalanche-control purposes.

---

**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 98–525, title XV, § 1538(a)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2636, § 4657; renumbered § 7657, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior sections 7657 to 7681 were renumbered sections 8857 to 8881 of this title, respectively.

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## 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 .

### Effective Date

> “Section 4657 [now 7657] of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on
> 
> .”

, , , provided that: