46 CFR 4.11-1
§ 4.11-1 Employees of vessels controlled by Army or Navy as witnesses.
United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective
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- 46 CFR 4.11-1, § 4.11-1 Employees of vessels controlled by Army or Navy as witnesses, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/223221
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Full text
No officer, seaman, or other employee of any public vessel controlled by the Army or Navy (not including the Coast Guard) of the United States, shall be summoned or otherwise required to appear as a witness in connection with any investigation or other proceeding without the consent of the Government agency concerned.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.