10 USC § 8762 - Excess clothing: sale for distribution to needy

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8762"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 8762 - Excess clothing: sale for distribution to needy"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8762"
section_name: "Excess clothing: sale for distribution to needy"
chapter_number: 875
chapter_name: "DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE OR SURPLUS MATERIAL"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 465, § 7542; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 513(39), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2934; Pub. L. 107–217, § 3(b)(33), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1297; renumbered § 8762, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(8), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8762. Excess clothing: sale for distribution to needy

**(a)** Subject to regulations under section 121 of title 40, the Secretary of the Navy, under regulations prescribed by him, may sell, at nominal prices, to recognized charitable organizations, to States and subdivisions thereof, and to municipalities nonregulation and excess clothing that may be available for distribution to the needy. The clothing may be sold only if the purchaser agrees not to resell it but to give it to the needy.

**(b)** A fair proportionate allotment of clothing to be sold under this section shall be set aside for distribution in each State and the District of Columbia. An allotment so set aside may not be sold for other distribution until at least 30 days after the allotment was made.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 465, § 7542; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 513(39), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2934; Pub. L. 107–217, § 3(b)(33), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1297; renumbered § 8762, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(8), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7542 | 34 U.S.C. 546d. | Dec. 23, 1932, ch. 8, 47 Stat. 751; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 2(22), 65 Stat. 707. |

In subsection (a) the words “absolutely free” are omitted as surplusage.

In subsection (b) the words “for other distribution” are substituted for the words “distribution within any other State”. The words “at least” are added for clarity.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

2002—Subsec. (a).  substituted “” for “section 205 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 ()”.

1980—Subsec. (a).  substituted “section 205 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 ()” for “”.

## 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 of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .