Department of Defense
MANUAL
NUMBER 4160.21, Volume 3
October 22, 2015
Incorporating Change 4, November 18, 2022
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SUBJECT: Defense Materiel Disposition: Reutilization, Transfer, and Sale of Property
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE
a. Manual. This manual is composed of several volumes, each containing its own purpose.
In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5134.12, DoD Instruction (DoDI)
4140.01, and DoDI 4160.28, (References (a), (b), and (c)), this manual prescribes uniform
procedures for the disposition of DoD personal property and establishes the sequence of
processes for the disposition of personal property of the DoD Components.
b. Volume. This volume of this manual:
(1) Implements policy for reutilization, transfer, excess property screening, and issue of
surplus property and foreign excess personal property (FEPP), scrap released by qualified
recycling programs (QRPs), and non-QRP scrap.
(2) Provides guidance for removing excess material through security assistance programs
and foreign military sales (FMS).
(3) Provides detailed instructions for the sale of surplus property and FEPP, scrap
released by QRPs, and non-QRP scrap.
2. APPLICABILITY
a. This volume applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of Inspector
General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all
other organizational entities within the Department of Defense (referred to collectively in this
volume as the “DoD Components”).
