46-U.S.C.-56301
§56301 – General Authority
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Title 46 > Subtitle V > Part E > Chapter 563 > Section 56301
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- Reference: Section 56301
- Legend: §56301 – General Authority
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
During a national emergency declared by Presidential proclamation, or a period for which the President has proclaimed that the security of the national defense makes it advisable, the Secretary of Transportation may requisition or purchase, or requisition or charter the use of, a vessel owned by citizens of the United States, a documented vessel, or a vessel under construction in the United States.
(Pub. L. 109–304, §8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1654.)
| Revised Section |
Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 56301 | 46 App.:1242(a) (1st, 2d sentences). | June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title IX, §902(a) (1st, 2d sentences), 49 Stat. 2015; Pub. L. 97–31, §12(131), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 165; Pub. L. 100–710, title I, §104(c), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4750. |
The words or other watercraft are omitted because of the definition of vessel in chapter 1 of the revised title. The words The termination of any emergency so declared shall be announced by a further proclamation by the President are omitted as superseded by the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
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