---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2551"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2551"
heading: "Equipment and barracks: national veterans’ organizations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2551"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 152 — Issue of Supplies, Services, and Facilities"
---

# §2551. Equipment and barracks: national veterans’ organizations

- (a) The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6), under conditions prescribed by him, may lend cots, blankets, pillows, mattresses, bed sacks, and other [supplies](/usc/10/3011.md?p=8) under the jurisdiction of that [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) to any recognized national veterans’ organization for use at its national or [state](/usc/10/4951.md?p=4) convention or national youth athletic or recreation tournament. He may, under conditions prescribed by him, also permit the organization to use unoccupied barracks under the jurisdiction of that [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) for such an occasion.
- (b) Property lent under [subsection (a)](#a) may be delivered on terms and at times agreed upon by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of the [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) concerned and representatives of the veterans’ organization. However, the veterans’ organization must defray any expense incurred by the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) in the delivery, return, rehabilitation, or replacement of that property, as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3).
- (c) The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of the [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) concerned shall require a good and sufficient bond for the return in good condition of property lent or used under [subsection (a)](#a).

## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 142, § 2541; renumbered § 2551, Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1033(b)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–260.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 2541(a)<br>2541(b) | 5:150m.<br>5:150n. | Aug. 1, 1949, ch. 372, 63 Stat. 483. |
| 2541(c) | 5:150o. |  |

In subsection (a), the word “may” is substituted for the words “are authorized to * * * at their discretion”. The word “supplies” is substituted for the words “articles or equipment”. The words “available” and “as may be needed” are omitted as surplusage. The words “under the jurisdiction of that department” are substituted for the words “of the Army, Navy, or Air Force” and “under their respective jurisdictions”.

In subsection (b), the words “prior to any such conventions or national youth athletic or recreation tournaments” are omitted as surplusage.

In subsection (c), the words “require of” are substituted for the words “take from”.

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 2551 was renumbered section 2561 of this title.

### Amendments

2000—Pub. L. 106–398 renumbered section 2541 of this title as this section.