Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§8607 Administration of Liberated and Occupied Areas
Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART IV — GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 861 — SECRETARY OF THE NAVY: MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES › § 8607
Summary
The Navy Secretary may use appropriated funds to run liberated or occupied areas. He may give that authority to any Navy official and allow redelegation.
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Title 10, §8607
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(a)The Secretary of the Navy may, out of any appropriation made for the purpose, provide for the administration of liberated and occupied areas by the Department of the Navy.
(b)The Secretary, to the extent he considers proper, may delegate the authority conferred by this section to any person in the Department of the Navy, with or without the authority to make successive redelegations.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 72075 U.S.C. 421f (as applicable to administration of liberated and occupied areas).Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 38 (as applicable to administration of liberated and occupied areas), 60 Stat. 858. 5 U.S.C. 412a.Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 39, 60 Stat. 858. In subsection (b) the words “except the authority to prescribe
Regulations
” are omitted, since 5 U.S.C. 421f contains no authority for the Secretary of the Navy to prescribe
Regulations
for the administration of that section.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7207 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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. § 8607
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102