(a) Subject to regulations under section 121 of title 40, the Secretary of the Navy, under regulations prescribed by him, may sell, at nominal prices, to recognized charitable organizations, to States and subdivisions thereof, and to municipalities nonregulation and excess clothing that may be available for distribution to the needy. The clothing may be sold only if the purchaser agrees not to resell it but to give it to the needy.
(b) A fair proportionate allotment of clothing to be sold under this section shall be set aside for distribution in each State and the District of Columbia. An allotment so set aside may not be sold for other distribution until at least 30 days after the allotment was made.
Structure US Code
Subtitle C— Navy and Marine Corps
PART IV— GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 875— DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE OR SURPLUS MATERIAL
§ 8761a. Uniform clothing: sale to Naval Sea Cadet Corps
§ 8761b. Authority to make grants for purposes of Naval Sea Cadet Corps
§ 8762. Excess clothing: sale for distribution to needy
§ 8763. Useless ordnance material: disposition of proceeds on sale
§ 8764. Devices and trophies: transfer to other agencies
§ 8765. Obsolete material and articles of historical interest: loan or gift
§ 8766. Loan or gift of articles to ships’ sponsors and donors
§ 8767. Equipment for instruction in seamanship: loan to military schools