Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§883h Employment of public vessels
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 17— - NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - SURVEYS › § 883h
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Title 33, §883h
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The President is authorized to cause to be employed such of the public vessels as he deems it expedient to employ, and to give such instructions for regulating their conduct as he deems proper in order to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.
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Delegation of Functions Functions of President under this section delegated to Secretary of Commerce, see section 1(l) of Ex. Ord. No. 11023, May 28, 1962, 27 F.R. 5131, as amended, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.
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33 U.S.C. § 883h
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
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Apr 6, 2026
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