10 USC § 8766 - Loan or gift of articles to ships’ sponsors and donors

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title: "10 USC § 8766 - Loan or gift of articles to ships’ sponsors and donors"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8766"
section_name: "Loan or gift of articles to ships’ sponsors and donors"
chapter_number: 875
chapter_name: "DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE OR SURPLUS MATERIAL"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 466, § 7546; renumbered § 8766 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 807(d)(8), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836, 1840.)"
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# § 8766. Loan or gift of articles to ships’ sponsors and donors

The Secretary of the Navy, under regulations prescribed by him and without expense to the United States, may lend or give—

**(1)** to the sponsor of a vessel the name plate or any small article of negligible or sentimental value from that vessel; and

**(2)** to any State, group, or organization named in section 8765 of this title any article, material, or equipment, including silver service, given by it.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 466, § 7546; renumbered § 8766 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 807(d)(8), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836, 1840.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7546 | 34 U.S.C. 546h (less applicability to 34 U.S.C. 546g). | Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 804, § 3 (less applicability to § 2), 60 Stat. 898. |

The words “the sponsor” are substituted for the words “any individual who sponsored” for brevity. The word “ship” and the word “person” are omitted as surplusage. The words “the loans or gifts described in this section shall be made” are omitted as unnecessary, and the words “under regulations prescribed by him” are substituted for the words “subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy” for brevity.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—, renumbered  as this section.

Par. (2). , substituted “section 8765” for “section 7545”.

## 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 .