10 U.S.C. § 2644 — Control of transportation systems in time of war
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This section allows the President, through the Secretary of Defense, to control transportation systems during war for emergency purposes.
In time of war, the President, through the Secretary of Defense, may take possession and assume control of all or part of any system of transportation to transport troops, war material, and equipment, or for other purposes related to the emergency. So far as necessary, he may use the system to the exclusion of other traffic.
In time of war, the President, through the Secretary of Defense, may take possession and assume control of all or part of any system of transportation to transport troops, war material, and equipment, or for other purposes related to the emergency. So far as necessary, he may use the system to the exclusion of other traffic.
Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 266, § 4742; renumbered § 2644 and amended Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title IX, § 906(a), (b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2620.)
- 1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
- 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-201 · 110 Stat. 2620
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