2014 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces (Sections 101 - 18506)
Subtitle A - General Military Law (Sections 101 - 2926)
Part IV - Service, Supply, and Procurement (Sections 2201 - 2926)
Chapter 157 - Transportation (Sections 2631 - 2651)
Sec. 2644 - Control of transportation systems in time of war
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT CHAPTER 157 - TRANSPORTATION Sec. 2644 - Control of transportation systems in time of war |
| Contains | section 2644 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | 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. |
| Statutes at Large References | 39 Stat. 645 110 Stat. 2620 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 104-201 |
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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.
AMENDMENTS1996—Pub. L. 104–201 renumbered section 4742 of this title as this section and substituted "Secretary of Defense" for "Secretary of the Army".
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