46 USC 56310 - Voluntary purchase or charter agreements

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§ 56309. Emergency foreign vessel acquisition; purchase or requisition of vessels lying idle in United States waters

§ 56311. Requisitioned vessels

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§ 56310.

Voluntary purchase or charter agreements

During any period in which vessels may be requisitioned under this chapter as amended,1

 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.

(Added and amended Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(b), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1912.)

cite as: 46 USC 56310