46 U.S.C. § 56310 | Voluntary purchase or charter agreements

1 So in original.

During any period in which vessels may be requisitioned under this chapter as amended, the President is authorized through the Secretary of Transportation to acquire by voluntary agreement of purchase or charter the ownership or use of any merchant vessel not owned by citizens of the United States.

Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(b)Dec. 12, 2017131 Stat. 1912(Added and amended , , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

section 3504(b) of Pub. L. 115–91 act Aug. 9, 1954, ch. 659, § 2 68 Stat. 675 Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(152)Aug. 6, 198195 Stat. 167 section 197 of Title 50Section, as added and amended by , is based on , ; , , , which was formerly classified to , War and National Defense, before being transferred to this chapter and renumbered as this section.

Amendments

Pub. L. 115–91, § 3504(b)(2)2017—, inserted section enumerator and catchline and, in text, substituted “this chapter” for “section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936,”.

Pub. L. 115–91, § 3504(b)(1)Aug. 9, 1954, transferred section 2 of act , to this chapter and renumbered it as this section. See Codification note above.