Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 3.djvu/127

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PUBLIC LAW 106-398 —APPENDIX 114 STAT. 1654A-85 "(B) The military department or Defense Agency conducting the sale. "(C) The manner in which the sale was conducted. "(D) The military items described in subsection (a) that were sold or offered for sale. "(E) The purchaser of each item. "(F) The stated end-use of each item sold. "(c) SUBMISSION OF REPORT. — Not later than March 31 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate the report required by this section for the preceding fiscal year.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT. —The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "2582. Military equipment identified on United States munitions list: annual report of public sales.". SEC. 382. RESALE OF ARMOR-PIERCING AMMUNITION DISPOSED OF BY THE ARMY. (a) RESTRICTION.— (1) Chapter 443 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

  • '§ 4688. Armor-piercing ammunition and components: condition on disposal

"(a) LIMITATION ON RESALE OR OTHER TRANSFER.— Except as provided in subsection (b), whenever the Secretary of the Army carries out a disposal (by sale or otherwise) of armor-piercing ammunition, or a component of armor-piercing ammunition, the Secretary shall require as a condition of the disposal that the recipient agree in writing not to sell or otherwise transfer any of the ammunition (reconditioned or otherwise), or any armor-piercing component of that ammunition, to any purchaser in the United States other than a law enforcement or other governmental agency. "(b) EXCEPTION.^-Subsection (a) does not apply to a transfer of a component of armor-piercing ammunition solely for the purpose of metal reclamation by means of a destructive process such as melting, crushing, or shredding. " (c) SPECIAL RULE FOR NON-ARMOR-PIERCING COMPONENTS.— A component of the armor-piercing ammunition that is not itself armor-piercing and is not subjected to metal reclamation as described in subsection (b) may not be used as a component in the production of new or remanufactured armor-piercing ammunition other than for sale to a law enforcement or other governmental agency or for a government-to-government sale or commercial export to a foreign government under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751). "(d) DEFINITION. —In this section, the term 'armor-piercing ammunition' means a center-fire cartridge the military designation of which includes the term 'armor penetrator' or 'armor-piercing', including a center-fire cartridge designated as armor-piercing incendiary (API) or armor-piercing incendiary-tracer (API-T). ". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "4688. Armor-piercing ammunition and components: condition on disposal.". (b) APPLICABILITY.— Section 4688 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to any