{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s7688","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f7688.","heading":"Armor-piercing ammunition and components: condition on disposal","text":"\u00a7\u202f7688.\nArmor-piercing ammunition and components: condition on disposal\n(a)\nLimitation on Resale or Other Transfer.\u2014\nExcept 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.\n(b)\nException.\u2014\nSubsection (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.\n(c)\nSpecial Rule for Non-Armor-Piercing Components.\u2014\nA 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 (\n22 U.S.C. 2751\n(d)\nDefinition.\u2014\nIn this section, the term \u201carmor-piercing ammunition\u201d means a center-fire cartridge the military designation of which includes the term \u201carmor penetrator\u201d or \u201carmor-piercing\u201d, including a center-fire cartridge designated as armor-piercing incendiary (API) or armor-piercing incendiary-tracer (API\u2013T).","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s7688.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s7688","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f7688."},{"t":"heading","text":"Armor-piercing ammunition and components: condition on disposal"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s7688/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Limitation on Resale or Other Transfer.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s7688/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Exception.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s7688/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Special Rule for Non-Armor-Piercing Components.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"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 (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"22 U.S.C. 2751","href":"/us/usc/t22/s2751","tail":")."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s7688/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definition.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"In this section, the term \u201carmor-piercing ammunition\u201d means a center-fire cartridge the military designation of which includes the term \u201carmor penetrator\u201d or \u201carmor-piercing\u201d, including a center-fire cartridge designated as armor-piercing incendiary (API) or armor-piercing incendiary-tracer (API\u2013T).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}