---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 8764"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "8764"
heading: "Devices and trophies: transfer to other agencies"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/8764"
units:
  - "Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps"
  - "Part IV — General Administration"
  - "Chapter 875 — Disposal of Obsolete or Surplus Material"
---

# §8764. Devices and trophies: transfer to other agencies

- (a) The [Secretary](/usc/10/8720.md?p=4) of the [Navy](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-1) may, without reimbursement, transfer to the [Secretary](/usc/10/8720.md?p=4) of the Treasury devices and trophies for the promotion of the sale of war bonds or victory bonds. The [Secretary](/usc/10/8720.md?p=4) of the Treasury may sell or donate the devices and trophies for the promotion of the sale of such bonds.
- (b) The [Secretary](/usc/10/8720.md?p=4) of the [Navy](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-1) may, without reimbursement, transfer to any agency of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) devices and trophies for scientific, experimental, monumental, or display purposes.

## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 465, § 7544; renumbered § 8764, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(8), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 7544 | 34 U.S.C. 546i. | Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 804, § 4, 60 Stat. 898. |

The words “such * * * as he may in his discretion determine” are omitted as surplusage.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7544 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.