Title 46 — Shipping
Part E · Chapter 563 — Emergency Acquisition of Vessels
§ 56309. Emergency foreign vessel acquisition; purchase or requisition of vessels lying idle in United States waters
Statutory text
During any period in which vessels may be requisitioned under this chapter, the President is authorized and empowered through the Secretary of Transportation to purchase, or to requisition, or for any part of such period to charter or requisition the use of, or to take over the title to or possession of, for such use or disposition as he shall direct, any merchant vessel not owned by citizens of the United States which is lying idle in waters within the jurisdiction of the United States and which the President finds to be necessary to the national defense. Just compensation shall be determined and made to the owner or owners of any such vessel in accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter. Such compensation hereunder, or advances on account thereof, shall be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States in a separate deposit fund. Payments for such compensation and also for payment of any valid claim upon such vessel in accord with the provisions of section 56305, shall be made from such fund upon the certificate of the Secretary of Transportation.
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.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
Pub. L. 115–91 div. C title XXXV § 3504(a) · 131 Stat. 1283
Enacted · 46 U.S.C. § 56309
(Added and amended Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(a), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1911.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added and amended Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(a), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1911.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Emergency Foreign Vessel Acquisition; Purchase or Requisition of Vessels Lying Idle in United States Waters.— The first section of the Act of August 9, 1954 (ch. 659; 50 U.S.C. 196)— (1) is redesignated as section 56309 of title 46, United States Code, and transferred to appear at the end of chapter 563 of such title, as otherwise amended by this title; and (2) is amended— (A) by striking “That during” and inserting the following: “§ 56309. Emergency foreign vessel acquisition; purchase or requisition of vessels lying idle in United States waters “During” ; (B) by striking “section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended” each place it appears and inserting “this chapter”; and (C) by striking “the second paragraph of subsection (d) of such section 902, as amended” and inserting “section 56305”.National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
Pub. L. 115–91 § 3504(a)(2) · 131 Stat. 1283
Inserted · 46 U.S.C. § 56309
Pub. L. 115–91, § 3504(a)(2), inserted section enumerator and catchline and, in text
Substituted · 46 U.S.C. § 56309
Pub. L. 115–91, § 3504(a)(2), substituted “this chapter” for “section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended”
Substituted · 46 U.S.C. § 56309
Pub. L. 115–91, § 3504(a)(2), substituted “section 56305” for “the second paragraph of subsection (d) of such section 902, as amended”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 115–91, § 3504(a)(2), inserted section enumerator and catchline and, in text, substituted “this chapter” for “section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended” in two places and “section 56305” for “the second paragraph of subsection (d) of such section 902, as amended”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) is amended— (A) by striking “That during” and inserting the following: “§ 56309. Emergency foreign vessel acquisition; purchase or requisition of vessels lying idle in United States waters “During” ; (B) by striking “section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended” each place it appears and inserting “this chapter”; and (C) by striking “the second paragraph of subsection (d) of such section 902, as amended” and inserting “section 56305”.National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
Pub. L. 115–91 § 3504(a)(1) · 131 Stat. 1283
Changed · 46 U.S.C. § 56309
Pub. L. 115–91, § 3504(a)(1), transferred section 1 of act Aug. 9, 1954, to this chapter and renumbered it as this section. See Codification note above
Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 115–91, § 3504(a)(1), transferred section 1 of act Aug. 9, 1954, to this chapter and renumbered it as this section. See Codification note above.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) is redesignated as section 56309 of title 46, United States Code, and transferred to appear at the end of chapter 563 of such title, as otherwise amended by this title; and
5 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section, as added and amended by section 3504(a) of Pub. L. 115–91, is based on act Aug. 9, 1954, ch. 659, § 1, 68 Stat. 675; Pub. L. 96–70, title III, § 3302(c), , 93 Stat. 498; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(152), , 95 Stat. 167, which was formerly classified to section 196 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(a)(2), inserted section enumerator and catchline and, in text, substituted “this chapter” for “section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended” in two places and “section 56305” for “the second paragraph of subsection (d) of such section 902, as amended”.
Pub. L. 115–91, § 3504(a)(1), transferred section 1 of act , to this chapter and renumbered it as this section. See Codification note above.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
References
Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(f), , 131 Stat. 1913, provided that: “Any reference in a law, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to a section that is redesignated and transferred by this section [sections 1 to 3 of act , former 50 U.S.C. 196 to 198] is deemed to refer to such section as so redesignated and transferred [now 46 U.S.C. 56309 to 56311].”
Credits
(Added and amended Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(a), , 131 Stat. 1911.)