---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 2201"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "2201"
heading: "Transfers of spoils of war"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/2201"
units:
  - "Chapter 39 — Spoils of War"
---

# §2201. Transfers of spoils of war

- (a) **Eligibility for transfer—** [Spoils of war](/usc/50/2204.md?p=4) in the possession, custody, or control of the [United States](/usc/50/47f.md?p=d) may be transferred to any other party, including any government, group, or [person](/usc/50/2204.md?p=3), by sale, grant, loan or in any other manner, only to the extent and in the same manner that property of the same type, if otherwise owned by the [United States](/usc/50/47f.md?p=d), may be so transferred.
- (b) **Terms and conditions—** Any transfer pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a) shall be subject to all of the terms, conditions, and requirements applicable to the transfer of property of the same type otherwise owned by the [United States](/usc/50/47f.md?p=d).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–236, title V, § 552, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 482.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

Pub. L. 103–236, title V, § 551, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 482, provided that: “This part [part B (§§ 551–556) of title V of Pub. L. 103–236, enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Spoils of War Act of 1994’.”