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§8663 Number in service in time of peace

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Title 10, §8663

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In time of peace, the President may keep in service such vessels of the Navy as are required and keep the rest in reserve.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 729334 U.S.C. 452.R.S. 1534. The words “vessels of the Navy” are substituted for the words “of the public armed vessels”. The words “actual”, “in his opinion”, and “by the nature of the service” are omitted as surplusage. The words “in reserve” are substituted for the words “to be laid up in ordinary in convenient ports” to conform to modern terminology.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 8663, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 533, authorized Secretary of Air Force to parole or remit sentence and restore to duty offenders who are confined in the United States Disciplinary Barracks, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 90–377, § 6(3), July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 288.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7293 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.

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10 U.S.C. § 8663

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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