---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2387"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2387"
heading: "Contract working dogs: requirement to transfer animals to 341st Training Squadron after service life"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2387"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 141 — Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Property"
---

# §2387. Contract working dogs: requirement to transfer animals to 341st Training Squadron after service life

- (a) **In General.—** Each contract entered into by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense for the provision of a contract working dog shall require, and shall contain a contract term, that the dog be transferred to the 341st [Training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) Squadron and assigned for veterinary screening and care in accordance with [section 2583 of this title](/usc/10/2583.md) after the service life of the dog has terminated as described in [subsection (b)](#b) for reclassification as a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) animal and placement for adoption in accordance with such section.
- (b) **Service Life.—** The service life of a contract working dog has terminated and the dog is available for transfer to the 341st [Training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) Squadron pursuant to a contract under [subsection (a)](#a) only if the contracting [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) concerned has determined that—
  - (1) the final contractual obligation of the dog preceding such transfer is with the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense; and
  - (2) the dog cannot be used by another [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) or [agency](/usc/10/3451.md?p=3) of the Federal Government due to age, injury, or performance.
- (c) **Contract Working Dog.—** In this section, the term “contract working dog” means a dog—
  - (1) that performs a service for the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense pursuant to a contract; and
  - (2) that is trained and kenneled by an entity that provides such a dog pursuant to such a contract.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title III, § 342(a)(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2082, § 2410r; amended Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title III, § 372(f), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1331; renumbered § 2387, Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1882(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4293.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 2387, added Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(45), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1458, related to limitation on procurement of table and kitchen equipment for officers’ quarters, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VIII, § 833(b)(4)(A), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2285.

### Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283 renumbered section 2410r of this title as this section.

2019—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–92 inserted “, and shall contain a contract term,” after “shall require” and “and assigned for veterinary screening and care in accordance with section 2583 of this title” after “341st Training Squadron” and substituted “such section” for “section 2583 of this title”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.