DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GIFT AUTHORITIES.

SEC. 1043. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GIFT AUTHORITIES. (a) Authority To Make Loans And Gifts.—(1) Subsection (a) of section 7545 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “(a) Subject to” and all that follows through “to—” and inserting the following: “(a) Authority To Make Loans and Gifts.—The Secretary of the Navy may lend or give, without expense to the United States, items described in subsection (b) that are not needed by the Department of the Navy to any of the following:”. (2) Such subsection is further amended— (A) by capitalizing the first letter after the paragraph designation in each of paragraphs (1) through (12); (B) by striking the semicolon at the end of paragraphs (1) through (10) and inserting a period; (C) by striking “; or” at the end of paragraph (11) and inserting a period; (D) in paragraph (5), by striking “World War I or World War II” and inserting “a foreign war”; (E) in paragraph (6), by striking “soldiers’ monument” and inserting “servicemen’s monument”; and 115 STAT. 1219 (F) in paragraph (8), by inserting “or memorial” after “museum”. (b) Additional Items Authorized To Be Donated By Secretary of the Navy.—Such section is further amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsections: “(b) Items Eligible for Disposal.—This section applies to the following types Of property held by the Department of the Navy: “(1) Captured, condemned, or obsolete ordnance material. “(2) Captured, condemned, or obsolete combat or shipboard material. “(c) Regulations.—A loan or gift made under this section shall be subject to regulations prescribed by the Secretary and to regulations under section 205 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 486),”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(f) Authority To Transfer a Portion of a Vessel.—The Secretary may lend, give, or otherwise transfer any portion of the hull or superstructure of a vessel stricken from the Naval Vessel Register and designated for scrapping to a qualified organization specified in subsection (a). The terms and conditions of an agreement for the transfer of a portion of a vessel under this section shall include a requirement that the transferee will maintain the material conveyed in a condition that will not diminish the historical value of the material or bring discredit upon the Navy.”. (c) Clerical Amendments.—Such section is further amended— (1) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by subsection (b)(1)), by inserting “Maintenance of the Records of the Government.—” after the subsection designation; and (2) in subsection (e) (as redesignated by subsection (b)(1)), by inserting “Alternative Authorities To Make Gifts or Loans.—” after the subsection designation. (d) Conforming Amendments.—Section 2572(a) of such title is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting “, county, or other political subdivision of a State” before the period at the end; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking “soldiers’ monument” and inserting “servicemen’s monument”; and (3) in paragraph (4), by inserting “or memorial” after “An incorporated museum”.