[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3981 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3981

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the authority of the 
 Secretary of the Army to loan or donate excess small arms to certain 
   eligible organizations for funeral and other ceremonial purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 2012

    Mr. Kline (for himself, Mr. Cravaack, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Walz of 
 Minnesota, and Mr. Peterson) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the authority of the 
 Secretary of the Army to loan or donate excess small arms to certain 
   eligible organizations for funeral and other ceremonial purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Honoring Our Nation's Outstanding 
Rifle Squads Act'' or the ``HONOR Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY TO LOAN OR 
              DONATE EXCESS SMALL ARMS FOR FUNERAL AND OTHER CEREMONIAL 
              PURPOSES.

    Section 4683(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(3) In order to meet the needs of an eligible organization with 
respect to performing funeral and other ceremonies, if the Secretary 
determines appropriate, the Secretary may--
            ``(A) loan or donate excess small arms to an eligible 
        organization;
            ``(B) authorize an eligible organization to retain small 
        arms other than M-1 rifles; or
            ``(C) if excess small arms stock is insufficient to meet 
        organizational requirements, prescribe policies and procedures 
        to establish a rotational loan program based on the needs of 
        eligible organizations.''.
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