Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 598534 U.S.C. 1123 (less 1st proviso as applicable to vessels, and less 2d proviso).Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 265, § 3 (less 1st proviso as applicable to vessels, and less 2d proviso), 36 Stat. 1353. The words “naval service” are substituted for the words “public service” for uniformity within the section. The citation of the act establishing the nautical institutions is substituted for the words “such schools” for clarity. The word “proper” is omitted as surplusage.
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered
section 5985 of this title as this section. 2006—Pub. L. 109–304 substituted “chapter 515 of title 46” for “
section 1304 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1295c),”. 1985—Pub. L. 99–145 substituted “
section 1304 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1295c)” for “the Act of March 4, 1911, ch. 265, 36 Stat. 1353, as amended”.
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
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.