10-U.S.C.-2644
§2644 – Control of Transportation Systems In Time of War
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Title 10 > Subtitle A > Part IV > Chapter 157 > Section 2644
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- Reference: Section 2644
- Legend: §2644 – Control of Transportation Systems In Time of War
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
In time of war, the President, through the Secretary of Defense, may take possession and assume control of all or part of any system of transportation to transport troops, war material, and equipment, or for other purposes related to the emergency. So far as necessary, he may use the system to the exclusion of other traffic.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 266, §4742; renumbered §2644 and amended Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title IX, §906(a), (b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2620.)
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 4742 | 10:1361. | Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 418 (last par. under Ordnance Department), 39 Stat. 645. |
The words as may be needful or desirable are omitted as surplusage.
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–201 renumbered section 4742 of this title as this section and substituted Secretary of Defense for Secretary of the Army.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
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