10 USC § 8620 - Gifts for welfare of enlisted members

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title: "10 USC § 8620 - Gifts for welfare of enlisted members"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8620"
section_name: "Gifts for welfare of enlisted members"
chapter_number: 861
chapter_name: "SECRETARY OF THE NAVY: MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 446, § 7220; renumbered § 8620, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8620. Gifts for welfare of enlisted members

The Secretary of the Navy may accept gifts for use in providing recreation, amusement, and contentment for enlisted members of the naval service. The fund “Ships’ Stores Profits, Navy” shall be credited with these gifts.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 446, § 7220; renumbered § 8620, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7220 | 5 U.S.C. 419a. | June 30, 1932, ch. 318, 47 Stat. 424 (2d proviso). |

The words “and contributions from organizations, individuals, or others” are omitted as surplusage.

## Editorial Notes

### 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 .