10 U.S.C. § 8851
Scope of chapter
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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- 10 U.S.C. § 8851, Scope of chapter, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/435937
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This chapter applies to all captures of vessels as prize during war by authority of the United States or adopted and ratified by the President. However, this chapter does not affect the right of the Army, the Air Force, or the Space Force, while engaged in hostilities, to capture wherever found and without prize procedure—
As used in this chapter—
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. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
- William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021