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Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHAPTER 12 - VESSELS IN TERRITORIAL WATERS OF UNITED STATES
Sec. 197 - Voluntary purchase or charter agreements
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§197. Voluntary purchase or charter agreements
§197. Voluntary purchase or charter agreements
During any period in which vessels may be requisitioned under section 1242 of title 46, Appendix, 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.
(Aug. 9, 1954, ch. 659, §2, 68 Stat. 675; Pub. L. 97–31, §12(152), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 167.)
Amendments1981—Pub. L. 97–31 substituted “Secretary of Transportation” for “Secretary of Commerce”.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in section 198 of this title.
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