2017 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
Part IV - General Administration
Chapter 631 - Secretary of the Navy: Miscellaneous Powers and Duties
Sec. 7228 - Merchant vessels: supplies

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 7228 (2017)
Section Name §7228. Merchant vessels: supplies
Section Text

(a) The Secretary of the Navy, under such regulations as he prescribes, may sell to a merchant ship such fuel and other supplies as may be required to meet its necessities if the ship is unable—

(1) to procure the supplies from other sources at its present location; and

(2) to proceed to the nearest port where they may be obtained without endangering the safety of the ship, the health and comfort of its personnel, or the safe condition of the property carried on it.


(b) Sales under this section shall be at such prices as the Secretary considers reasonable. Payment shall be made on a cash basis or on such other basis as will reasonably assure prompt payment. Amounts received from such a sale shall, unless otherwise directed by another provision of law, be credited to the current appropriation concerned and are available for the same purposes as that appropriation.

Source Credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 448.)

Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
7228 34 U.S.C. 555f. June 4, 1954, ch. 264, §3, 68 Stat. 176.
Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, 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 C - Navy and Marine Corps
PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 631 - SECRETARY OF THE NAVY: MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES
Sec. 7228 - Merchant vessels: supplies
Contains section 7228
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 68 Stat. 176
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