§ 2390. Prohibition on the sale of certain defense articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense

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(1)Except as provided in subsections

(b)and (c), the sale outside the Department of Defense of any defense article designated or otherwise classified as Prepositioned Material Configured to Unit Sets, as decrement stock, or as Prepositioned War Reserve Stocks for United States Forces is prohibited.

(2)In this section, the term “decrement stock” means such stock as is needed to bring the armed forces from a peacetime level of readiness to a combat level of readiness.

(b)The President may authorize the sale outside the Department of Defense of a defense article described in subsection

(a)if—

(1)he determines that there is an international crisis affecting the national security of the United States and the sale of such article is in the best interests of the United States; and

(2)he reports to the Congress not later than 60 days after the transfer of such article a plan for the prompt replenishment of the stocks of such article and the planned budget request to begin implementation of that plan.

(1)Nothing in this section shall preclude the sale of stocks which have been designated for replacement, substitution, or elimination or which have been designated for sale to provide funds to procure higher priority stocks.

(2)Nothing in this section shall preclude the transfer or sale of equipment to other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

(Added Pub. L. 95–485, title VIII, § 815(a), Oct. 20, 1978, 92 Stat. 1625, § 975; amended Pub. L. 100–26, § 7(k)(3), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 284; renumbered § 2390, Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XVI, § 1622(b)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1604.)

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To authorize appropriations during the fiscal year 1978, for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons, and research, development, test, and evaluation for the Armed Forces, and to prescribe the authorized personnel strength for each acti

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Pub. L. 95–485, title VIII, § 815(a)
92 Stat. 1625
Pub. L. 100–26, § 7(k)(3)
101 Stat. 284
Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XVI, § 1622(b)(1)
103 Stat. 1604
Pub. L. 95–79, title VIII, § 815(a)
91 Stat. 337
Pub. L. 96–470, title I, § 104(a)
94 Stat. 2238
Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 511(80)
94 Stat. 2927
Pub. L. 98–94, title XII, § 1259(a)
97 Stat. 703
Pub. L. 101–189
Pub. L. 100–26

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§ 2390

Prohibition on the sale of certain defense articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense

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U.S.C.§ 975

Pub. L.Pub. L. 95–485, title VIII, § 815(a)

Stat.92 Stat. 1625

Pub. L.Pub. L. 100–26, § 7(k)(3)

Stat.101 Stat. 284

Pub. L.Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XVI, § 1622(b)(1)

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