10 USC § 9771 - Acceptance of donations: land for mobilization, training, supply base, aviation field, or space mission-related facility

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s9771"
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title: "10 USC § 9771 - Acceptance of donations: land for mobilization, training, supply base, aviation field, or space mission-related facility"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9771"
section_name: "Acceptance of donations: land for mobilization, training, supply base, aviation field, or space mission-related facility"
chapter_number: 979
chapter_name: "REAL PROPERTY"
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: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 588; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(e)(16)(A), (B), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3818.)"
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# § 9771. Acceptance of donations: land for mobilization, training, supply base, aviation field, or space mission-related facility

The Secretary of the Air Force may accept for the United States a gift of—

**(1)** land that he considers suitable and desirable for a permanent mobilization, training, or supply base; and

**(2)** land that he considers suitable and desirable for an aviation field or space mission-related facility, if the gift is from a citizen of the United States and its terms authorize the use of the property by the United States for any purpose.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 588; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(e)(16)(A), (B), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3818.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 9771 | 10:1342.10:1344. | Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 418 (6th and 8th pars. under “Office of the Chief Signal Officer”), 39 Stat. 622, 623. |

10:1344 (last 40 words) is omitted as executed. The words “tract or tracts”, in 10:1342 and 1344, are omitted as surplusage. The words “and remount station”, in 10:1342, are omitted, since the property and civilian personnel of the Remount Service of the Quartermaster Corps were transferred to the Department of Agriculture by the ,  (). The words “by the United States for any purpose” are substituted for the words “for any other service of the United States which may hereafter appear desirable”, in 10:1342. The words “from any person”, in 10:1344, are omitted as surplusage.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021—, amended section catchline generally. Prior to amedment, catchline read as follows: “Acceptance of donations: land for mobilization, training, supply base, or aviation field”.

Par. (2). , inserted “or space mission-related facility” after “aviation field”.