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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§8686 Support for Transfers of Decommissioned Vessels and Shipboard Equipment

Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART IV — GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 863 — NAVAL VESSELS › § 8686

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Navy may help an eligible group transfer a decommissioned ship or shipboard equipment under sections 2572, 8676, 8677, or 8765 of this title, or under other law. Covered items: decommissioned vessels (Navy‑owned, at a Navy site, not in active use, being sent to an authorized recipient) and equipment on those vessels. The Secretary can require the recipient to repay the Navy for the help. Repayments in a fiscal year go into the Navy operation and maintenance account for the office that manages inactive ships, are merged with that account, and are available for the same purposes and time period.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §8686

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(a)Authority To Provide Assistance.—
The Secretary of the Navy may provide an entity described in subsection (b) with assistance in support of a transfer of a vessel or shipboard equipment described in such subsection that is being executed under section 2572, 8676, 8677, or 8765 of this title, or under any other authority.
(b)Covered Vessels and Equipment.—
The authority under this section applies—
(1)in the case of a decommissioned vessel that—
(A)is owned and maintained by the Navy, is located at a Navy facility, and is not in active use; and
(B)is being transferred to an entity designated by the Secretary of the Navy or by law to receive transfer of the vessel; and
(2)in the case of any shipboard equipment that—
(A)is on a vessel described in paragraph (1)(A); and
(B)is being transferred to an entity designated by the Secretary of the Navy or by law to receive transfer of the equipment.
(c)Reimbursement.—
The Secretary may require a recipient of assistance under subsection (a) to reimburse the Navy for amounts expended by the Navy in providing the assistance.
(d)Deposit of Funds Received.—
Funds received in a fiscal year under subsection (c) shall be credited to the appropriation available for such fiscal year for operation and maintenance for the office of the Navy managing inactive ships, shall be merged with other sums in the appropriation that are available for such office, and shall be available for the same purposes and period as the sums with which merged.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 8686, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 536; Sept. 24, 1980, Pub. L. 96–357, § 5(a), 94 Stat. 1182; Oct. 19, 1984, Pub. L. 98–525, title IV, § 414(a)(7)(B), 98 Stat. 2519, related to credit to members of Air National Guard of United States for service as members of Air National Guard, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(g)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2996. See section 12602 of this title.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 807(d)(2), renumbered section 7316 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “section 2572, 8676, 8677, or 8765” for “section 2572, 7306, 7307, or 7545”.

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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 8686

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110