10 U.S.C. § 2553 — Equipment and services: Presidential in-

Page 1986 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 2553 § 2553. Equipment and services: Presidential in- augural ceremonies (a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Defense may, with respect to the ceremonies re- lating to the inauguration of a President, pro- vide the assistance referred to in subsection (b) to— (1) the Presidential Inaugural Committee; and (2) the congressional Joint Inaugural Com- mittee. (b) ASSISTANCE.—Assistance that may be pro- vided under subsection (a) is the following: (1) Planning and carrying out activities re- lating to security and safety. (2) Planning and carrying out ceremonial ac- tivities. (3) Loan of property. (4) Any other assistance that the Secretary considers appropriate. (c) REIMBURSEMENT.—(1) The Presidential In- augural Committee shall reimburse the Sec- retary for any costs incurred in connection with the provision to the committee of assistance re- ferred to in subsection (b)(4). (2) Costs reimbursed under paragraph (1) shall be credited to the appropriations from which the costs were paid. The amount credited to an ap- propriation shall be proportionate to the amount of the costs charged to that appropria- tion. (d) LOANED PROPERTY.—With respect to prop- erty loaned for a presidential inauguration under subsection (b)(3), the Presidential Inau- gural Committee shall— (1) return that property within nine days after the date of the ceremony inaugurating the President; (2) give good and sufficient bond for the re- turn in good order and condition of that prop- erty; (3) indemnify the United States for any loss of, or damage to, that property; and (4) defray any expense incurred for the deliv- ery, return, rehabilitation, replacement, or op- eration of that property. (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (1) The term ‘‘Presidential Inaugural Com- mittee’’ means the committee referred to in section 501 of title 36 that is appointed with re- spect to the inauguration of a President-elect and Vice President-elect. (2) The term ‘‘congressional Joint Inaugural Committee’’ means the joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives referred to in section 507 of title 36 that is appointed with respect to the inauguration of a Presi- dent-elect and Vice President-elect. (Added Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(48)(A), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1458, § 2543; amended Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 511(81), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2927; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title III, § 366(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2495; Pub. L. 105–225, § 4(a)(2), Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1498; renumbered § 2553, Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1033(b)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–260.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 2543(a) ..... 2543(b) ..... 2543(c) ..... 36:726 (1st sentence). 36:726 (less 1st and 2d sentences). 36:721(b)(1) (as applicable to 36:726). 36:726 (2d sentence). Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 974, §§ 1(b)(1) (as applicable to § 6), 6, 70 Stat. 1049, 1050. In subsection (a), the words ‘‘under section 721 of title 36’’ are inserted for clarity. The words ‘‘ensigns’’ and ‘‘Red Cross flags’’ are omitted as covered by the word ‘‘flags’’. In subsection (b), the words ‘‘and the whole without expense to the United States’’ are omitted as surplus- age. In subsection (c), the words ‘‘nine days after the date of the ceremony inaugurating the President’’ are sub- stituted for the words ‘‘five days after the end of the in- augural period’’, in 36:726 (2d sentence), and 36:721(b)(1). Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 2553 was renumbered section 2563 of this title. AMENDMENTS 2000—Pub. L. 106–398 renumbered section 2543 of this title as this section. 1998—Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 105–225, § 4(a)(2)(A), sub- stituted ‘‘section 501 of title 36’’ for ‘‘subsection (b)(2) of the first section of the Presidential Inaugural Cere- monies Act (36 U.S.C. 721)’’. Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 105–225, § 4(a)(2)(B), substituted ‘‘section 507 of title 36’’ for ‘‘the proviso in section 9 of the Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies Act (36 U.S.C. 729)’’. 1996—Pub. L. 104–201 substituted ‘‘Equipment and services: Presidential inaugural ceremonies’’ for ‘‘Equipment: Inaugural Committee’’ in section catch- line and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ‘‘(a) The Secretary of Defense, under such conditions as he may prescribe, may lend, to an Inaugural Com- mittee established under the first section of the Presi- dential Inaugural Ceremonies Act (36 U.S.C. 721), hos- pital tents, smaller tents, camp appliances, hospital furniture, flags other than battle flags, flagpoles, lit- ters, and ambulances and the services of their drivers, that can be spared without detriment to the public service. ‘‘(b) The Inaugural Committee must give a good and sufficient bond for the return in good order and condi- tion of property lent under subsection (a). ‘‘(c) Property lent under subsection (a) shall be re- turned within nine days after the date of the ceremony inaugurating the President. The Inaugural Committee shall— ‘‘(1) indemnify the United States for any loss of, or damage to, property lent under subsection (a); and ‘‘(2) defray any expense incurred for the delivery, return, rehabilitation, replacement, or operation of that property.’’ 1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–513 substituted ‘‘the first section of the Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies Act (36 U.S.C. 721)’’ for ‘‘section 721 of title 36’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title. § 2554. Equipment and other services: Boy Scout Jamborees (a) The Secretary of Defense is hereby author- ized, under such regulations as he may pre-