§ 1310. Sale of war supplies, land, and buildings

• (a) The President, through the head of any executive department and on terms the head of the department considers expedient, may sell to a person, another department of the Federal Government, or the government of a foreign country engaged in war against a country with which the United States is at war—
  • (1) war supplies, material, and equipment;
  • (2) by-products of the war supplies, material, and equipment; and
  • (3) any building, plant, or factory, including the land on which the plant or factory may be situated, acquired since April 6, 1917 , for the production of war supplies, materials, and equipment that, during the emergency existing on July 9, 1918 , may have been purchased, acquired, or manufactured by the Government.
• (b) Sales of guns and ammunition authorized under any law shall be limited to—
  • (1) other departments of the Government;
  • (2) governments of foreign countries engaged in war against a country with which the United States is at war; and
  • (3) members of the National Rifle Association and of other recognized associations organized in the United States for the encouragement of small-arms target practice.