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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§8701 Authority to Provide for Necessary Salvage Facilities

Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART IV — GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 865 — SALVAGE FACILITIES › § 8701

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Navy can arrange or pay for needed salvage services and gear for government and private ships. If a proposed salvage contract affects the Department of Homeland Security, the Navy must send it to the Secretary of Homeland Security for comment. The Navy can make a long-term contract only if commercial salvage services are not enough for national defense. The Navy must give public notice before making any such contract. "Salvage facilities" means equipment used to prevent or reduce environmental damage.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §8701

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Authority.—
The Secretary of the Navy may provide, by contract or otherwise, necessary salvage facilities for public and private vessels.
(b)Coordination With Secretary of Homeland Security.—
The Secretary shall submit to the Secretary of Homeland Security for comment each proposed contract for salvage facilities that affects the interests of the Department of Homeland Security.
(c)Limitation.—
The Secretary of the Navy may enter into a term contract under subsection (a) only if the Secretary determines that available commercial salvage facilities are inadequate to meet the requirements of national defense.
(d)Public Notice.—
The Secretary may not enter into a contract under subsection (a) until the Secretary has provided public notice of the intent to enter into such a contract.
(e)Salvage Facilities Defined.—
In this section, the term “salvage facilities” includes equipment and gear utilized to prevent, abate, or minimize damage to the environment.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7361 of this title as this section. 2003—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 108–136 added subsec. (e). 2002—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted “of Homeland Security” for “of Transportation” in heading and in two places in text.

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.

Effective Date

of 2002 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective on the date of transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see section 1704(g) of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 8701

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110