United States Code
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§ 1310.
Sale of war supplies, land, and buildings
(a)
The President, through the head of any executive department and on terms the head of the department considers expedient, may sell to a person, another department of the Federal Government, or the government of a foreign country engaged in war against a country with which the United States is at war—
(1)
war supplies, material, and equipment;
(2)
by-products of the war supplies, material, and equipment; and
(3)
any building, plant, or factory, including the land on which the plant or factory may be situated, acquired since April 6, 1917 , for the production of war supplies, materials, and equipment that, during the emergency existing on July 9, 1918 , may have been purchased, acquired, or manufactured by the Government.
(b)
Sales of guns and ammunition authorized under any law shall be limited to—
(1)
other departments of the Government;
(2)
governments of foreign countries engaged in war against a country with which the United States is at war; and
(3)
members of the National Rifle Association and of other recognized associations organized in the United States for the encouragement of small-arms target practice.
cite as: 40 USC 1310
