Military Surplus Act (Kahn–Wadsworth Act)

Kahn–Wadsworth Act

Long title	An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to transfer certain surplus motor-propelled vehicles and motor equipment and road-making material to various services and departments of the Government, and for the use of the States.
Nicknames	Military Surplus Act of 1920
Enacted by	the 66th United States Congress
Effective	March 15, 1920
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.   66–159
Statutes at Large	41  Stat.   530, Chap. 100
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 3037 Signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on March 15, 1920

The Military Surplus Act (or Kahn-Wadsworth Act) was signed into US law by the 66th US Congress in 1920. ^[1] Sponsored by Representative Julius Kahn (R) of California and Senator James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (R) of New York, it distributed 25,000 surplus army trucks to state highway departments for road-building purposes.

See also

• National Defense Act of 1920

References

1. Disposal of Surplus War Materials: Policies and Procedures, 1918-1926, Report of the War Contracts Subcommittee, September 25, 1944, 1944, page 91