10 U.S.C. § 2583
Military animals: transfer and adoption
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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- 10 U.S.C. § 2583, Military animals: transfer and adoption, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/434278
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The Secretary of the military department concerned shall make a military animal of such military department available for transfer or adoption by a person or entity referred to in subsection (c), unless the animal has been determined to be unsuitable for transfer or adoption under subsection (b), under circumstances as follows:
A military animal shall be made available for transfer or adoption under this section, in order of recommended priority, by—
Upon completion of veterinary screening and care for a military working dog to be retired pursuant to subsection (f), the Secretary of the military department concerned shall—
for any other dog, transport the dog—
In this section, the term “military animal” means the following:
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- To require the immediate termination of the Department of Defense practice of euthanizing military working dogs at the end of their useful working life and to facilitate the adoption of retired military working dogs by law enforcement agencies, former handlers of these dogs, and other persons capable of caring for these dogs.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006House: 374–41Senate: no recorded tally
- John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007House: 398–23Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016House: 370–58Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
- John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
- William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022House: 363–70Senate: no recorded tally