10-U.S.C.-2421
§2421 – Plantations and Farms: Operation, Maintenance, and Improvement
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Title 10 > Subtitle A > Part IV > Chapter 143 > Section 2421
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- Reference: Section 2421
- Legend: §2421 – Plantations and Farms: Operation, Maintenance, and Improvement
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) Appropriations for the subsistence of members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps are available for expenditures necessary in the operation, maintenance, and improvement of any plantation or farm, outside the United States and under the jurisdiction of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, as the case may be, for furnishing fresh fruits and vegetables to the armed forces. However, no land may be acquired under this subsection.
(b) Fruits and vegetables produced under subsection (a) that are over the amount furnished or sold to the armed forces or to civilians serving with the armed forces may be sold only outside the United States.
(c) Of the persons employed by the United States under subsection (a), only nationals of the United States are entitled to the benefits provided by laws relating to the employment, work, compensation, or other benefits of civilian employees of the United States.
(d) A plantation or farm covered by subsection (a) shall be operated, maintained, and improved by a private contractor or lessee, so far as practicable. Before using members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, as the case may be, the Secretary concerned must make a reasonable effort to make a contract or lease with a person in civil life for his services for that operation, maintenance, or improvement, on terms advantageous to the United States. A determination by the Secretary as to the reasonableness of effort to make a contract or lease, and as to the advantageous nature of its terms, is final.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 138.)
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 2421(a)
|
10:1213 (less 1st and 2d provisos). 34:555a (less 1st and 2d provisos). 10:1213 (2d proviso). 34:555a (2d proviso). |
June 28, 1944, ch. 306; restated July 1, 1947, ch. 188, 61 Stat. 234; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, §3(2), 65 Stat. 708. |
| 2421(c) | 10:1213 (1st proviso). | |
| 34:555a (1st proviso). | ||
| 2421(d) | 10:1214. | |
| 34:555b. |
In subsection (a), the word management, in 10:1213 and 34:555a, is omitted as covered by the word operation. The word members is substituted for the word personnel. The word may is substituted for the word shall. The words any and all and the purpose of are omitted as surplusage.
In subsections (a) and (b), the word continental is omitted, since section 101(1) of this title defines the United States to include the States and the District of Columbia.
In subsection (b), the words of the United States are omitted as surplusage. The words Fruits and vegetables produced under subsection (a) are substituted for the words That surplus production.
In subsection (c), the words nationals of the United States are substituted for the words American nationals. The words civil-service laws and other * * * of the United States and rights * * * or obligations are omitted as surplusage.
In subsection (d), the words after the termination of the present war are omitted as executed. The word by is substituted for the words through the instrumentality of. The words partnership, association are omitted as covered by the definition of person in section 1 of title 1. The words United States are substituted for the word Government. The words management, for that purpose, and or agreement are omitted as surplusage.
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