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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
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).
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