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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 1735 (Reported in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 1085

Sec. 1085. Authorization of transfer of surplus firearms to Corporation for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and Firearms Safety

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Section 40728 of title 36, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Secretary may transfer to the corporation, in accordance with the procedure prescribed in this subchapter, surplus firearms and spare parts and related accessories for those firearms that on the date of the enactment of this subsection are under the control of the Secretary and are excess to the requirements of the Department of the Army, and such material as may be recovered by the Secretary pursuant to section 40728A(a) of this title.
The Secretary shall determine a reasonable schedule for the transfer of these excess firearms. . Such title is further amended— in section 40278A— by striking rifles each place it appears and inserting surplus firearms ; and in subsection (a), by striking section 40731(a) and inserting section 40732(a) ; in section 40729(a)— in paragraph (1), by striking described in section 40728(a) of this title ; in paragraph (2), by striking firearms described in section 40728(a) of this title and inserting surplus firearms ; and in paragraph (4), by striking caliber .30 and caliber .22 rimfire rifles and inserting firearms ; and in section 40732— by striking caliber .22 rimfire and caliber .30 surplus rifles both places it appears and inserting surplus firearms ; and in subsection (a), by striking is over 18 years of age and inserting is legally of age .
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