US Code

Public Law 119-88 (05/04/2026)

10 U.S.C. § 7771

Acceptance of donations: land for mobilization, training, supply base, or aviation field

The Secretary of the Army may accept for the United States a gift of—
(1)
land that he considers suitable and desirable for a permanent mobilization, training, or supply station; and
(2)
land that he considers suitable and desirable for an aviation field, if the gift is from a citizen of the United States and its terms authorize the use of the property by the United States for any purpose.

Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041 70A Stat. 268 Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d)132 Stat. 1839 (, , § 4771; renumbered § 7771, , , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

4771

10:1342.

10:1344.

Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 418 (6th and 8th pars. under “Office of the Chief Signal Officer”), 39 Stat. 622, 623.

Act of April 21, 1948, ch. 224 62 Stat. 197 7 U.S.C. 436–43810:1344 (last 40 words) is omitted as executed. The words “tract or tracts”, in 10:1342 and 1344, are omitted as surplusage. The words “and remount station”, in 10:1342, are omitted, since the property and civilian personnel of the Remount Service of the Quartermaster Corps were transferred to the Department of Agriculture by the , (). The words “by the United States for any purpose” are substituted for the words “for any other service of the United States which may hereafter appear desirable”, in 10:1342. The words “from any person”, in 10:1344, are omitted as surplusage.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 115–232section 4771 of this title2018— renumbered as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Pub. L. 115–232section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232section 3001 of this titleAmendment by effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .