[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR744.6]

[Page 379-380]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 744_POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE PROTECTION OF PROPRIETARY 
 
Sec. 744.6  Authorization for release without consent of the owner.

    (a) Military equipment including the information essential for its 
operation,

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maintenance and repair and technical information, known or claimed to be 
proprietary, which is being considered for release in accordance with 
Sec. 264.4(d)(3), may be released when the Chief of Naval Operations or 
his designee or a bureau chief or deputy bureau chief determines under 
the authority of the Act that such action clearly warrants the 
assumption of financial liability that may be incurred and there is no 
acceptable substitute equipment or information for which consent to 
release is obtainable or which is not proprietary.
    (b) Where any technical information is released in accordance with 
this section, such release shall be subject to the conditions of release 
set forth in Sec. 264.4(f).
    (c) Military equipment, including the information essential for its 
operation, maintenance, and repair, known or claimed to be privately 
owned and for which consent for release cannot be obtained may be 
furnished to foreign governments in accord with Sec. 264.4(d)(3) 
without further legal authorization, provided such release is made 
pursuant to the grant aid provisions of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, 
as amended, and provided further, there is no acceptable substitute 
equipment or information for which consent for release is obtainable or 
which is not proprietary.

[24 FR 10715, Dec. 25, 1959, as amended at 44 FR 30686, May 29, 1979]