2012 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 12 - VESSELS IN TERRITORIAL WATERS OF UNITED STATES (§§ 191 - 198)
Section 197 - Voluntary purchase or charter agreements
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE CHAPTER 12 - VESSELS IN TERRITORIAL WATERS OF UNITED STATES Sec. 197 - Voluntary purchase or charter agreements |
| Contains | section 197 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Aug. 9, 1954, ch. 659, §2, 68 Stat. 675; Pub. L. 97-31, §12(152), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 167. |
| Statutes at Large References | 68 Stat. 675 95 Stat. 167 120 Stat. 1709 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 97-31, Public Law 109-304 |
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During any period in which vessels may be requisitioned under chapter 563 of title 46, 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.)
CodificationIn text, “chapter 563 of title 46” substituted for “section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended” on authority of Pub. L. 109–304, §18(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1709, which Act enacted chapter 563 of Title 46, Shipping.
Amendments1981—Pub. L. 97–31 substituted “Secretary of Transportation” for “Secretary of Commerce”.
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