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579 CHAPTER 939.—SALE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL Sec. 9621. Subsistence and other supplies: members of armed forces; veterans; executive or military departments and employees; prices. 9622. Rations: commissioned officers in field. 9623. Tobacco: enlisted members of Air Force. 9624. Medical supplies: civilian employees of Air Force; American National Red Cross; Soldiers' Home. 9625. Ordnance property: officers of armed forces; civilian employees of Air Force; American National Red Cross; educational institutions; homes for veterans' orphans. 9626. Aircraft supplies and services: foreign military or air attach^. 9627. Supplies: educational institutions. 9628. Airplane parts and accessories: civilian flying schools. 9629. Proceeds: disposition.

§ 9621. Subsistence and other supplies: members of armed forces; veterans; executive or military departments and employees; prices (a) The Secretary of the Air Force shall procure and sell, for cash or credit— (1) articles designated by him, to members of the Air Force; and (2) items of individual clothing and equipment, to oflEicers of the Air Force, under such restrictions as the Secretary may prescribe. A n account of sales on credit shall be kept and the amount due reported to the Secretary. Except for articles and items acquired through the use of working capital funds under sections 172-172] of title 5, sales of articles shall be at cost, and sales of individual clothing and equipment shall be at average current prices, including overhead, as determined by the Secretary. (b) Subsistence supplies may be sold to members of the Air Force. The selling price of each article sold under this subsection is the invoice price of the last lot of that article that the officer making the sale received before the first day of the month in which the sale is made. Activities conducted under this subsection shall be consistent with sections 172-172J of title 5. (c) The Air Force shall sell subsistence supplies to members of other armed forces at the prices at which like property is sold to members of the Air Force. (d) The Secretary may sell serviceable quartermaster property, other than subsistence supplies, to an officer of another armed force for his use in the service, in the same manner as these articles are sold to an officer of the Air Force. (e) A person who has been discharged honorably or under honorable conditions from the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps and who is receiving care and medical treatment from the Public Health Service or the VeteransAdministration may buy subsistence supplies and other supplies, except articles of uniform, at the prices at which like property is sold to a member of the Air Force. (f) Under such conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, exterior articles of uniform may be sold to a person who has been discharged from the Air Force honorably or under honorable conditions, at the prices at which like articles are sold to members of the Air Force. This subsection does not modify section 772, 773, or 8612 of this title. +