Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§8624 Transportation on naval vessels during wartime
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Navy and Marine Corps › Part PART IV— - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter CHAPTER 861— - SECRETARY OF THE NAVY: MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES › § 8624
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Title 10, §8624
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In time of war or during a national emergency declared by the President, such persons as the Secretary of the Navy authorizes by regulation may be transported and subsisted on naval vessels at Government expense.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 722434 U.S.C. 474.Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 18, 60 Stat. 855.
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Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7224 of this title as this section.
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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. Termination of War and EmergenciesJoint Res.
July 25, 1947, ch. 327, § 3, 61 Stat. 451, provided that in the interpretation of section 474 of former Title 34, the date
July 25, 1947, should be deemed to be the date of termination of any state of war theretofore declared by Congress and of the national emergencies proclaimed by the President on Sept. 8, 1939, and
May 27, 1941. The state of war with Japan ended on Apr. 28, 1952, by the coming into effect of the Treaty of Peace with Japan on that date. The state of war with Germany ended on Oct. 19, 1951. See notes preceding section 1 of Title 50, War and National Defense.
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10 U.S.C. § 8624
Title 10 — Armed Forces
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Apr 6, 2026
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