Rewards for recovery of missing naval property

§ 7209. Rewards for recovery of missing naval property (a) The Secretary of the Navy may, out of any appropriation made for the purpose, provide for the payment of a reward of not more than $500 in any one case for information leading to the discovery of missing naval property or to its recovery. (b) The Secretary, to the extent he considers proper, may delegate the authority conferred by this section to any person in the Department of the Navy, with or without the authority to make successive redelegations.