Re: [MV] DEMIL of S. M. E.

From: Nigel Hay MILWEB \(www.milweb.net\) (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Tue Jun 24 2003 - 23:35:41 PDT


Indeed Her Brittanic Majesties Governement does sell off its surplus
military vehicles - exclusively nowadays via www.witham-sv.com
They sell direct and via tender sales.
Nige
----- Original Message -----
From: "mark baxter" <alleywayguns@bacavalley.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] DEMIL of S. M. E.

> What I would like to know is, who is the Bastard that keeps putting this
> into the Defense Authorization Acts? If we can find out, maybe we can help
> vote em out of office!
> We have the most destructive and wasteful system of military excess
> disposal of any Country I know. EVEN the anti Gun British Government sells
> there old Military Surplus (except guns) to there own citizens! This even
> includes tanks and APCs!
> Well here we go again, writing our congressmen and women!
> Mark M-886
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <bolton8@juno.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 7:45 PM
> Subject: [MV] DEMIL of S. M. E.
>
>
> > GENTLEMEN,
> > Once again we must put aside our petty bickering and differences, and
> > unite as one against the common enemy we have defeated twice in the past
> > three years, only to see it rise again to challenge us.
> >
> > The 'National Defence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004' has been
> > put on the congressional calendar as Senate Bill S.747, and House of
> > Representatives Bill H. R. 1588.
> > S.747 contains Section 1047. H. R. 1588 contains Section 1044.
> > There is no need for me to tell you what these two (2) sections are
> > about.
> >
> > Following my head's up is the unedited text of Sec. 1047. At the
> > bottom of the page I have proved URL's to the Library of Congress web
> > site of both House and Senate versions of the DEMIL Section. Fiscal
> > Year 2004 starts 1 October 2003, which means this bills have to be voted
> > upon by Congress during the months of July and August 2003.
> > By the way, July is next week.
> >
> > LANCE
> > MVPA 22125
> > *************************************************
> > S.747
> > National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Introduced in
> > Senate)
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -------
> > SEC. 1047. AUTHORITY TO ENSURE DEMILITARIZATION OF SIGNIFICANT MILITARY
> > EQUIPMENT FORMERLY OWNED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
> >
> > (a) IN GENERAL- Chapter 153 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
> > by inserting after section 2582 the following new section:
> >
> > `Sec. 2583. Continued authority to require demilitarization of
> > significant military equipment after disposal
> >
> > `(a) AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE DEMILITARIZATION- The Secretary of Defense may
> > require any person in possession of significant military equipment
> > formerly owned by the Department of Defense--
> >
> > `(1) to demilitarize the equipment ;
> > `(2) to have the equipment demilitarized by a third party; or
> > `(3) to return the equipment to the U.S. Government for
demilitarization.
> >
> > `(b) COST AND VALIDATION OF DEMILITARIZATION- When the demilitarization
> > of significant military equipment is carried out by the person in
> > possession of the equipment pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of
> > subsection (a), the person shall be solely responsible for all
> > demilitarization costs, and the United States shall have the right to
> > validate that the equipment has been demilitarized.
> >
> > `(c) RETURN OF EQUIPMENT TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT- When the
> > Secretary of Defense requires the return of significant military
> > equipment for demilitarization by the United States Government, the
> > Secretary shall bear all costs to transport and demilitarize the
> > equipment . If the person in possession of the significant military
> > equipment obtained the property in the manner authorized by law or
> > regulation and the Secretary determines that the cost to demilitarize
and
> > return the property to the person is prohibitive, the Secretary shall
> > reimburse the person for the fair market value of the property or, if
the
> > fair market value is not readily ascertainable, the purchase cost of the
> > property and for the reasonable transportation costs incurred by the
> > person to purchase the equipment .
> >
> > `(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF DEMILITARIZATION STANDARDS- The Secretary of
> > Defense may prescribe by regulation what constitutes demilitarization
for
> > each type of significant military equipment .
> >
> > `(e) EXCEPTIONS- This section does not apply--
> >
> > `(1) when a person is in possession of significant equipment formerly
> > owned by the Department of Defense for the purpose of demilitarizing the
> > equipment pursuant to a United States Government contract;
> >
> > `(2) to small arms weapons issued under the Defense Civilian
Marksmanship
> > Program established in title 36, United States Code;
> >
> > `(3) to issues by the Department of Defense to museums where
> > demilitarization has been performed in accordance with departmental
> > regulations; and
> >
> > `(4) to other issues and un demilitarized significant military equipment
> > under the provisions of departmental regulations.
> >
> > `(f) DEFINITION OF SIGNIFICANT MILITARY EQUIPMENT - In this section, the
> > term `significant military equipment' means--
> >
> > `(1) an article for which special export controls are warranted under
the
> > Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) because of its capacity
> > for substantial military utility or capability, as identified on the
> > United States Munitions List maintained under sect 121.1 of title 22,
> > Code of Federal Regulations; and
> >
> > `(2) any other article designated by the Department of Defense as
> > requiring demilitarization before its disposal.'.
> >
> > (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT- The table of sections at the beginning of such
> > chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
> >
> > `2583. Continued authority to require demilitarization of significant
> > military equipment after disposal.'
> >
> > http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c108:1:./temp/~c108hvCVmt:e292968:
> > ****************************************
> > H.R.1588
> > National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Introduced in
> > House)
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -------
> > Sec. 1044. Authority to ensure demilitarization of significant military
> > equipment formerly owned by the Department of Defense.
> > http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c108:1:./temp/~c108XC0FEI:e14325:
> >
> >
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