10 U.S.C. § 8664 — Suspension of construction in case of treaty

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If the U.S. signs a treaty limiting naval weapons, the President can pause some already-authorized shipbuilding. This brings the Navy's fleet within the treaty's limits. Ships already under construction when the pause starts are not affected.

If the United States signs an international treaty that limits the size of naval forces, the President can respond by suspending some of the naval construction that Congress had already authorized. The President can only suspend as much construction as is actually necessary to bring the Navy's vessels within whatever limits the treaty sets. But this suspension power has a limit of its own: it can't be applied to any vessel that is already under construction at the moment the suspension takes effect. Those ships can continue being built.

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In case of a treaty for the limitation of naval armament to which the United States is a signatory, the President may suspend so much of the authorized naval construction as is necessary to bring the naval vessels of the United States within the limitations agreed upon. Such a suspension does not apply to vessels under construction at the time the suspension is made.

Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 449, § 7294; renumbered § 8664, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

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1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1836

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