2020 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
Part IV - General Administration
Chapter 863 - Naval Vessels
Sec. 8687 - Status of Government rights in the designs of vessels, boats, and craft, and components thereof
| 10 U.S.C. § 8687 (2020) |
| §8687. Status of Government rights in the designs of vessels, boats, and craft, and components thereof |
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(a) In General.—Government rights in the design of a vessel, boat, or craft, and its components, including the hull, decks, superstructure, and all shipboard equipment and systems, shall be determined solely as follows: (1) In the case of a vessel, boat, craft, or component procured through a contract, in accordance with the provisions of section 2320 of this title. (2) In the case of a vessel, boat, craft, or component procured through an instrument not governed by section 2320 of this title, by the terms of the instrument (other than a contract) under which the design for such vessel, boat, craft, or component, as applicable, was developed for the Government. (b) Construction of Superseding Authorities.—This section may be modified or superseded by a provision of statute only if such provision expressly refers to this section in modifying or superseding this section. |
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(Added Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title VIII, §825(a), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4534, §7317; renumbered §8687, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §807(d)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, §1833(p), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4234.) |
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Amendment of Subsection (a)
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, §§1801(d), 1833(p), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4151, 4234, provided that, effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, subsection (a) of this section is amended by striking "section 2320" each place it appears and inserting "subchapter I of chapter 275". See 2021 Amendment note below. PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 8687, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 536; Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85–861, §1(188), 72 Stat. 1534; Sept. 7, 1962, Pub. L. 87–649, §6(d), 76 Stat. 494, related to compensation for members of Air Force other than Regular Air Force prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title VI, §604(f)(1)(A), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3877. AMENDMENTS2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted "subchapter I of chapter 275" for "section 2320" in pars. (1) and (2). 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7317 of this title as this section. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2021 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
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| Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER 863 - NAVAL VESSELS Sec. 8687 - Status of Government rights in the designs of vessels, boats, and craft, and components thereof |
| section 8687 |
| 2020 |
| January 13, 2021 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 76 Stat. 494 100 Stat. 3877 122 Stat. 4534 132 Stat. 1836 134 Stat. 4234, 4151 |
| Public Law 85-861, Public Law 87-649, Public Law 99-661, Public Law 110-417, Public Law 115-232, Public Law 116-283 |
