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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part IV · Chapter 861 — Secretary of the Navy: Miscellaneous Powers and Duties

§ 8607. Administration of liberated and occupied areas

Statutory text

(a)

The Secretary of the Navy may, out of any appropriation made for the purpose, provide for the administration of liberated and occupied areas by the Department of the Navy.

(b)

The Secretary, to the extent he considers proper, may delegate the authority conferred by this section to any person in the Department of the Navy, with or without the authority to make successive redelegations.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 443, § 7207 · 70A Stat. 443

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 8607

    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 443, § 7207

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 443, § 7207

  2. John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

    Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title VIII § 807(d)(1) · 132 Stat. 1636

    Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 8607

    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7207 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7207 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Chapter 631.— Each section in chapter 631 10 USC 8604, 8605, 8607, 8611, 8612, 8614, 8616, 8619–8629, 8631, 8633–8635. is redesignated so that the number of the section, as redesignated, is the number equal to the previous number plus 1,400.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

historicalAndRevision
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
72075 U.S.C. 421f (as applicable to administration of liberated and occupied areas).Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 38 (as applicable to administration of liberated and occupied areas), 60 Stat. 858.
 5 U.S.C. 412a.Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 39, 60 Stat. 858.

In subsection (b) the words “except the authority to prescribe regulations” are omitted, since 5 U.S.C. 421f contains no authority for the Secretary of the Navy to prescribe regulations for the administration of that section.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7207 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Credits

1956–2018 · 2 acts
  1. 1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 443, § 7207
  2. 2018renumbered § 8607, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(1), , 132 Stat. 1836.
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 443, § 7207; renumbered § 8607, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(1), , 132 Stat. 1836.)

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