---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 7482"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "7482"
heading: "Operation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/7482"
units:
  - "Subtitle B — Army"
  - "Part III — Training"
  - "Chapter 757 — Schools and Camps"
---

# §7482. Operation


In maintaining schools and camps established under [section 7481 of this title](/usc/10/7481.md), the [Secretary](/usc/10/7551.md?p=5) of the Army may—

- (1) prescribe the periods during which they will be operated;
- (2) prescribe regulations for their administration;
- (3) prescribe the courses to be taught;
- (4) detail members of the [Regular](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-12) Army to designated duties relating to the camps;
- (5) use necessary [supplies](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-14) and transportation;
- (6) furnish uniforms, subsistence, and medical attendance and [supplies](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-14) to persons attending the camps; and
- (7) authorize necessary expenditures from proper Army funds for—
  - (A) water;
  - (B) fuel;
  - (C) light;
  - (D) temporary structures, except barracks and [officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1)’ quarters;
  - (E) screening;
  - (F) damages resulting from field exercises;
  - (G) expenses incident to theoretical winter instruction of trainees; and
  - (H) other expenses incident to maintaining the camps.

## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 249, § 4412; renumbered § 7482 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 808(c)(2), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839, 1840.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 4412 | 10:442 (47 words after 1st semicolon, and 72 words before 3d semicolon, of 1st sentence; and last sentence). | June 3, 1916, ch. 134, § 47d (47 words after 1st semicolon, and 72 words before 3d semicolon, of 1st sentence; and last sentence); added June 4, 1920, ch. 227, subch. I, § 34 (47 words after 1st semicolon, and 72 words before 3d semicolon, of 1st sentence; and last sentence of last par.), 41 Stat. 779. |

The word “supplies” is substituted for the words “such arms, ammunition, accoutrements, equipments, tentage, field equipage”, since, under the definition of the word “supplies”, in section 101(26) of this title, those words are covered by the word “supplies”. The words “belonging to the United States”, “and imparting military instruction and training thereat”, “during the period of their attendance”, “theoretical and practical instruction”, “persons attending the camps authorized by this section”, and “as he may deem” are omitted as surplusage. The word “detail” is substituted for the word “employ”. The word “members” is substituted for the words “officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men”.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “section 7481” for “section 4411” in introductory provisions.

Pub. L. 115–232, § 808(c)(2), renumbered section 4412 of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.