Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60
§2633 Stevedoring and Terminal Services: Vessels Carrying Cargo or Passengers Sponsored by Military Department
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part IV— SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › Chapter 157— TRANSPORTATION › § 2633
Summary
Each military department secretary may provide loading, unloading, and dock and terminal services to ships the department sponsors, must charge fair rates, and must put the money back into the same fund that paid for the services.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §2633
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(a)Notwithstanding section 1301(a) of title 31, the Secretary of a military department may, under such regulations as he may prescribe, furnish stevedoring and terminal services and facilities to vessels carrying cargo, or passengers, or both, sponsored by his department.
(b)The furnishing of services and facilities under this section shall be at fair and reasonable rates.
(c)The proceeds from furnishing services and facilities under this section shall be paid to the credit of the appropriation or fund out of which the services or facilities were supplied.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
1962 Act section 2633 is restated, without substantive change, to conform to the style adopted for title 10.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1982—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–258 substituted “section 1301(a) of title 31” for “section 3678 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 628)”. 1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–513 substituted “section 3678 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 628)” for “section 628 of title 31”. 1962—Pub. L. 87–651 amended section generally without substantive change to conform to the style adopted for the revision of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1980 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 2633
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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