Pub. L. 82-476, pt. II, ch. 7, sec. 255

Sec. 255. (a) The appropriate Secretary shall make available to each reserve component such supplies, equipment, services, and facilities of the Armed Forces of the United States as he may deem necessary and advisable for the support and development of the reserve components. (b) The appropriate Secretary or his authorized representative may issue supplies and equipment of the appropriate Armed Force of the United States to the reserve components without charging the cost or value thereof, or any expenses in connection therewith, against or in any way affecting the appropriation provided for the reserve components: Provided, That the appropriate Secretary finds it to be in the best interests of the United States to issue such equipment and supplies: And provided further, That any such equipment and supplies so furnished may, pursuant to this section, be repossessed or redistributed as the appropriate Secretary may prescribe. This subsection shall not apply to supplies and equipment issued to the National Guard and Air National Guard of the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, under sections 67 and 84, National Defense Act, as amended, but applies to supplies and equipment issued in addition thereto. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to repeal, limit, or modify in any manner the provisions of sections 67 and 84, National Defense Act, as amended. (d) It is the sense of the Congress that the National Defense facilities Act of 1950 be authorized to be implemented immediately upon the enactment of this Act.