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§51502 Detailing of Personnel
Title 46 › Subtitle V — Merchant Marine › Part B — Merchant Marine Service › CHAPTER 515 — STATE MARITIME ACADEMY SUPPORT PROGRAM › § 51502
Summary
If a state's governor asks, the President can assign Navy, Coast Guard, or Maritime Service personnel to a state maritime academy to serve as a superintendent, professor, lecturer, or instructor, and the assignment is made at no cost to the state.
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Title 46, §51502
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At the request of the Governor of a State, the President may detail, without reimbursement, personnel of the Navy, the Coast Guard, and the Maritime Service to a State maritime academy to serve as a superintendent, professor, lecturer, or instructor at the academy.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5150246 App.:1295c(e).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title XIII, § 1304(e), as added Pub. L. 96–453, § 2, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2004. The reference to territories is omitted as unnecessary because of the definition of “State” in chapter 1 of the revised title.
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46 U.S.C. § 51502
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Aug 21, 2026
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