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§53724 Rights to Secured Property

Title 46 › Subtitle V — Merchant Marine › Part C — Financial Assistance Programs › CHAPTER 537 — LOANS AND GUARANTEES › SUBCHAPTER II — DEFAULT PROVISIONS › § 53724

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the Secretary or the Administrator pays or takes over a debt under sections 53721 or 53722, they get the rights from the security agreement tied to the property that was used to guarantee that debt. Even if other federal rules say different, the Secretary or Administrator can decide what to do with property they get this way. They may finish, fix, update, maintain, run, charter, or sell the property, or place a ship in the National Defense Reserve Fleet. The Secretary or Administrator sets the terms of any sale.

Full Legal Text

Title 46, §53724

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(a)Acquisition of Security Rights.—
When the Secretary or Administrator makes a payment on, or assumes, an obligation under section 53721 or 53722 of this title, the Secretary or Administrator acquires the rights under the security agreement with the obligor in the security held by the Secretary or Administrator to guarantee the obligation.
(b)Use and Disposition of Secured Property.—
Notwithstanding any other law relating to the acquisition, handling, or disposal of property by the United States Government, the Secretary or Administrator has the right, in the Secretary’s or Administrator’s discretion, to complete, reconstruct, recondition, renovate, repair, maintain, operate, charter, or sell any property acquired under a security agreement with an obligor, or to place a vessel so acquired in the National Defense Reserve Fleet. The terms of a sale under this subsection shall be as approved by the Secretary or Administrator.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5372446 App.:1275(c).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title XI, § 1105(c), as added June 23, 1938, ch. 600, § 46, 52 Stat. 971; Aug. 15, 1953, ch. 513, § 3, 67 Stat. 626; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1265, § 5, 68 Stat. 1272; Aug. 7, 1956, ch. 1026, § 1(e)–(g), 70 Stat. 1087; Pub. L. 85–520, July 15, 1958, 72 Stat. 358; Pub. L. 91–469, § 33, Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1035; restated Pub. L. 92–507, § 3, Oct. 19, 1972, 86 Stat. 914; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(136), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 166; Pub. L. 98–595, § 1(10), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3131.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2008—Pub. L. 110–181, § 3522(b), repealed Pub. L. 109–163, § 3507(a)(1)(F). See 2006 Amendment note below. Pub. L. 110–181, § 3522(a)(10)(B), (11), incorporated the substance of the amendment by Pub. L. 109–163, § 3507(a)(1)(F), into this section by inserting “or Administrator” after “Secretary” wherever appearing and, in subsec. (b), “or Administrator’s” after “Secretary’s”. See 2006 Amendment note below and section 18(a) of Pub. L. 109–304, set out as a Legislative Purpose and

Construction

note preceding section 101 of this title. 2006—Pub. L. 109–163, § 3507(a)(1)(F), which directed the amendment of section 1275(c) of the former Appendix to this title from which this section was derived, was repealed by Pub. L. 110–181, § 3522(b). See 2008 Amendment notes and

Historical and Revision Notes

above.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

46 U.S.C. § 53724

Title 46, Shipping

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110