[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2089 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2089

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 9, 2012

 Ms. Klobuchar introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              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 Nations 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 the performance of funeral and other ceremonies, the 
Secretary may, at the discretion of the Secretary--
            ``(A) loan or donate excess small arms to the eligible 
        organization for such ceremonies;
            ``(B) authorize the eligible organization to retain small 
        arms other than M-1 rifles for such ceremonies; or
            ``(C) if excess small arms stocks are insufficient to meet 
        requirements of the eligible organization for such ceremonies, 
        provide excess small arms to the organization on a rotational 
        basis with other eligible organizations pursuant to a program 
        and procedures prescribed by the Secretary for that purpose.''.
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