| Shorttitle: | Kahn–Wadsworth Act |
| Longtitle: | 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. |
| Nickname: | Military Surplus Act of 1920 |
| Enacted By: | 66th |
| Effective Date: | March 15, 1920 |
| Cite Statutes At Large: | , Chap. 100 |
| Introducedin: | Senate |
| Signedpresident: | Woodrow Wilson |
| Signeddate: | 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.