Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§8749a Civil Service Mariners of Military Sealift Command: Alcohol Testing
Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART IV — GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 871 — CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES › § 8749a
Summary
The Secretary of the Navy can make rules to run a program that tests civilian mariners who work for the Military Sealift Command on ships for alcohol. Tests can be done when there is good reason to suspect alcohol use during work and after a ship accident.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §8749a
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary of the Navy may prescribe regulations establishing a program to conduct on-duty reasonable suspicion alcohol testing and post-accident alcohol testing of civil service mariners of the Military Sealift Command who are assigned to vessels.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2019—Pub. L. 116–92 capitalized “Military Sealift Command” in section catchline. 2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 807(d)(6), renumbered section 7479a of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by section 807(d)(6) of 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. § 8749a
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102