---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 703"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "703"
heading: "Donation of medical supplies for use in foreign country"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/703"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Federal Property and Administrative Services"
  - "Chapter 7 — Foreign Excess Property"
---

# §703. Donation of medical supplies for use in foreign country

- (a) **Application.—** This section applies to medical materials or supplies that are in a foreign country but that would, if situated within the United States, be available for donation under subchapter III of [chapter 5](/usc/40/chstI/ch5.md) of this title.
- (b) **In General.—** An [executive agency](/usc/40/102.md?p=4) may donate medical materials or supplies that are not disposed of under [section 702 of this title](/usc/40/702.md).
- (c) **Conditions.—** A donation under this section is subject to the following conditions:
  - (1) The medical materials and supplies must be donated for use in a foreign country.
  - (2) The donation must be made to a nonprofit medical or health organization, which may be an organization qualified to receive assistance under section 214(b) or 607 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ([22 U.S.C. 2174(b)](/usc/22/2174.md?p=b), 2357).
  - (3) The donation must be made without cost to the donee (except for costs of [care and handling](/usc/40/102.md?p=1)).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1126.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 703 | 40:512(b). | June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title IV, § 402(b), as added Pub. L. 91–426, § 2(d), Sept. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 883. |