46 U.S.C. § 56310 Voluntary Purchase Or Charter Agreements

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023 Edition
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-19 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/06/2023)

During any period in which vessels may be requisitioned under this chapter as amended,¹ the President is authorized through the Secretary of Transportation to acquire by voluntary agreement of purchase or charter the ownership or use of any merchant vessel not owned by citizens of the United States.

¹ So in original.

Cite as 46 U.S.C. § 56310

Source: Added and amended Pub. L. 115-91, div. C, title XXXV, §3504(b), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1912.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 7/7/2023

EDITORIAL NOTES

CODIFICATION

Section, as added and amended by section 3504(b) of Pub. L. 115-91 is based on act Aug. 9, 1954, ch. 659, §2, 68 Stat. 675; Pub. L. 97-31, §12(152), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 167, which was formerly classified to section 197 of Title 50, War and National Defense, before being transferred to this chapter and renumbered as this section.