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46 U.S.C. § 56310 — Voluntary purchase or charter agreements
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During any period in which vessels may be requisitioned under this chapter as amended,11 So in original. 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.
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During any period in which vessels may be requisitioned under this chapter as amended,11 So in original. 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.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 196, Aug. 9, 1954, ch. 659, § 1, 68 Stat. 675; Pub. L. 96–70, title III, § 3302(c), Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 498; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(152), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 167, was redesignated as and transferred to [section 56309 of Title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section56309&num=0&edition=prelim), Shipping, by Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(a)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1911.
Section 197, Aug. 9, 1954, ch. 659, § 2, 68 Stat. 675; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(152), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 167, was redesignated as and transferred to [section 56310 of Title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section56310&num=0&edition=prelim), Shipping, by Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(b)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1912.
Section 198, Aug. 9, 1954, ch. 659, § 3, 68 Stat. 675; Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(b)(1), (2), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(152), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 167, was redesignated as and transferred to [section 56311 of Title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section56311&num=0&edition=prelim), Shipping, by Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(c)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1912.
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TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 56310
1 So in original.
1 So in original. The word ‘‘the’’ probably should not appear.
2 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.
§ 56310. Voluntary purchase or charter agree-
ments
During any period in which vessels may be
requisitioned under this chapter as amended,1
the President is authorized through the Sec-
retary of Transportation to acquire by vol-
untary agreement of purchase or charter the
ownership or use of any merchant vessel not
owned by citizens of the United States.
(Added and amended Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title
XXXV, § 3504(b), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1912.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section, as added and amended by section 3504(b) of
Pub. L. 115–91, is based on act Aug. 9, 1954, ch. 659, § 2,
68 Stat. 675; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(152), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat.
167, which was formerly classified to section 197 of Title
50, War and National Defense, before being transferred
to this chapter and renumbered as this section.
AMENDMENTS
2017—Pub. L. 115–91, § 3504(b)(2), inserted section enu-
merator and catchline and, in text, substituted ‘‘this
chapter’’ for ‘‘section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act,
1936,’’.
Pub. L. 115–91, § 3504(b)(1), transferred section 2 of act
Aug. 9, 1954, to this chapter and renumbered it as this
section. See Codification note above.
§ 56311. Requisitioned vessels
(a) Any vessel not documented under the laws
of the United States, acquired by or made avail-
able to the Secretary of Transportation under
section 56309 or 56310, as applicable, or other-
wise, may, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, in the discretion of the Secretary of the
department in which the Coast Guard is oper-
ating be documented as a vessel of the United
States under such rules a
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