Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60
§8687 Status of Government Rights in the Designs of Vessels, Boats, and Craft, and Components Thereof
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— Navy and Marine Corps › Part IV— GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 863— NAVAL VESSELS › § 8687
Summary
Decides who controls the Government’s rights in designs for vessels, boats, craft, and their parts. If the design was obtained by a contract, the rules in subchapter I of chapter 275 of this title apply. If the design was obtained under another kind of agreement (not a contract) that is not covered by that subchapter, the terms of that agreement control. Only a statute that expressly refers to this section can change or replace these rules.
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Title 10, §8687
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(a)Government rights in the design of a vessel, boat, or craft, and its components, including the hull, decks, superstructure, and all shipboard equipment and systems, shall be determined solely as follows:
(1)In the case of a vessel, boat, craft, or component procured through a contract, in accordance with the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 275 of this title.
(2)In the case of a vessel, boat, craft, or component procured through an instrument not governed by subchapter I of chapter 275 of this title, by the terms of the instrument (other than a contract) under which the design for such vessel, boat, craft, or component, as applicable, was developed for the Government.
(b)This section may be modified or superseded by a provision of statute only if such provision expressly refers to this section in modifying or superseding this section.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 8687, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 536; Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(188), 72 Stat. 1534; Sept. 7, 1962, Pub. L. 87–649, § 6(d), 76 Stat. 494, related to compensation for members of Air Force other than Regular Air Force prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title VI, § 604(f)(1)(A), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3877.
Amendments
2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “subchapter I of chapter 275” for “section 2320” in pars. (1) and (2). 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7317 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2021 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
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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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8687
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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