Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60

§883h Employment of Public Vessels

Title 33 › Chapter 17— NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter II— SURVEYS › § 883h

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §883h

Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The President is authorized to cause to be employed such of the public vessels as he deems it expedient to employ, and to give such instructions for regulating their conduct as he deems proper in order to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions Functions of President under this section delegated to Secretary of Commerce, see section 1(l) of Ex. Ord. No. 11023, May 28, 1962, 27 F.R. 5131, as amended, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

33 U.S.C. § 883h

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60