2016 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle V - Merchant Marine
Part F - Government-Owned Merchant Vessels
Chapter 575 - Construction, Charter, and Sale of Vessels
Subchapter II - Charters
Sec. 57521 - Termination of charter during national emergency

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Citation 46 U.S.C. § 57521 (2016)
Section Name §57521. Termination of charter during national emergency
Section Text

A charter under this chapter shall provide that during a national emergency proclaimed by the President or a period for which the President has proclaimed that the security of the national defense makes it advisable, the Secretary of Transportation may terminate the charter without cost to the United States Government on such notice to the charterer as the President determines.

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(Pub. L. 109–304, §8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1668.)

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Source (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
57521 46 App.:1202(d). June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title VII, §712(d), 49 Stat. 2010; Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 555, §1, 53 Stat. 1254; Pub. L. 97–31, §12(114), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 163.
Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 46 - SHIPPING
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 46 - SHIPPING
Subtitle V - Merchant Marine
Part F - Government-Owned Merchant Vessels
CHAPTER 575 - CONSTRUCTION, CHARTER, AND SALE OF VESSELS
SUBCHAPTER II - CHARTERS
Sec. 57521 - Termination of charter during national emergency
Contains section 57521
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 49 Stat. 2010
53 Stat. 1254
95 Stat. 163
120 Stat. 1668
Public Law References Public Law 97-31, Public Law 109-304
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