[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1259 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1259

To amend title 10, United States Code, to give a priority to the States 
  for the transfer of nonlethal excess supplies of the Department of 
                                Defense.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 1995

Mr. Jefferson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to give a priority to the States 
  for the transfer of nonlethal excess supplies of the Department of 
                                Defense.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PRIORITY TO STATES FOR THE TRANSFER OF NONLETHAL EXCESS 
              SUPPLIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    Section 2547 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking out ``The Secretary of 
        Defense'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Subject to subsection 
        (d), the Secretary of Defense'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
        subsection (d):
    ``(d) Nonlethal excess supplies of the Department of Defense shall 
be made available to a State, a local government of a State, a 
Territory, or a possession, upon the request of the State, local 
government, Territory, or possession pursuant to authority provided in 
another provision of law, before such supplies are made available for 
humanitarian relief purposes under this section. The President may make 
such supplies available for humanitarian purposes before such supplies 
are made available to a State, local government, Territory, or 
possession under this subsection in order to respond to an emergency 
for which such supplies are especially suited.''.
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