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title: "40 U.S.C. § 555"
description: "Donation of law enforcement canines to handlers"
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title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
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# 40 U.S.C. § 555 - Donation of law enforcement canines to handlers
## Text
The head of a federal agency having control of a canine that has been used by a federal agency in the performance of law enforcement duties and that has been determined by the agency to be no longer needed for official purposes may donate the canine to an individual who has experience handling canines in the performance of those duties.
(Pub. L. 107217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1102.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 55540:484(r).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title II, § 203(r), as added Pub. L. 10527, § 1, July 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 244.