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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1756 

To authorize the Secretary of Defense to transport to any country, without 

charge, supplies that have been furnished by a nonprofit organization 

and that are intended for distribution to members of the Armed Forces, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 25, 2013 

Mr. POSEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Defense to transport to any 

country, without charge, supplies that have been furnished by a nonprofit organization and that are intended 

for distribution to members of the Armed Forces, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deployed Troops Sup5 port Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION OF SUPPLIES TO MEMBERS OF 

2 THE ARMED FORCES FROM NONPROFIT OR3 GANIZATIONS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 20 of title 10, United 

5 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 402 the 

6 following new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 403. Transportation of supplies from nonprofit or8 ganizations 

9 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF TRANSPORTATION.—Not10 withstanding any other provision of law, and subject to 

11 subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may transport to 

12 any country, without charge, supplies that have been fur13 nished by a nonprofit organization and that are intended 

14 for distribution to members of the armed forces. Such sup15 plies may be transported only on a space available basis. 

16 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—(1) The Secretary may not 

17 transport supplies under subsection (a) unless the Sec18 retary determines that— 

19 ‘‘(A) the transportation of the supplies is con20 sistent with the policies of the United States; 

21 ‘‘(B) the supplies are suitable for distribution to 

22 members of the armed forces and are in usable con23 dition; 

24 ‘‘(C) there is a legitimate need for the supplies 

25 by the members of the armed forces for whom they 

26 are intended; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) adequate arrangements have been made 

2 for the distribution and use of the supplies. 

3 ‘‘(2) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary shall establish 

4 procedures for making the determinations required under 

5 paragraph (1). Such procedures shall include inspection 

6 of supplies before acceptance for transport. 

7 ‘‘(3) PREPARATION.—It shall be the responsibility of 

8 the nonprofit organization requesting the transport of sup9 plies under this section to ensure that the supplies are 

10 suitable for transport. 

11 ‘‘(c) DISTRIBUTION.—Supplies transported under 

12 this section may be distributed by the United States Gov13 ernment or a nonprofit organization. 

14 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.— 

15 In this section, the term ‘nonprofit organization’ means 

16 an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the In17 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 

18 section 501(a) of such Code.’’. 

19 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

20 at the beginning of chapter 20 of such title is amended 

21 by inserting after the item relating to section 402 the fol22 lowing new item: 

‘‘403. Transportation of supplies from nonprofit organizations.’’. 

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