10 U.S.C. § 2578
Vessels: transfer between departments
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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- 10 U.S.C. § 2578, Vessels: transfer between departments, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/434273
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A vessel under the jurisdiction of a military department may be transferred or otherwise made available without reimbursement to another military department or to the Department of Homeland Security, and a vessel under the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security may be transferred or otherwise made available without reimbursement to a military department. Any such transfer may be made only upon the request of the Secretary of the military department concerned or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as the case may be, and with the approval of the Secretary of the department having jurisdiction of the vessel.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to codify in that title certain defense-related permanent free-standing provisions of law.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Homeland Security Act of 2002