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# 10 U.S.C. § 7831 - Custody of departmental records and property

## Text

The Secretary of the Army has custody and charge of all books, records, papers, furniture, fixtures, and other property under the lawful control of the executive part of the Department of the Army.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 272, § 4831; renumbered § 7831, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 48315:191.R.S. 217. The words “under the lawful control of the executive part of the Department of the Army” are substituted for the words “appertaining to the Department”.

Editorial Notes

Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4831 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.