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42 U.S.C. § 98 — Vessels for quarantine officers

submitted 147 years ago by Pub. L. 96-88 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 89 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary of the Navy can lend Navy ships or hulks, free of charge, to quarantine authorities at U.S. ports if the Secretary of Health and Human Services asks. This only applies to vessels the government doesn't need for other uses, and the Navy can set rules to protect them.

If the Secretary of Health and Human Services asks, the Secretary of the Navy has the discretion to hand over, free of charge, government-owned vessels or hulks to the proper quarantine authorities at any U.S. port. These vessels can only be used temporarily, for quarantine purposes. This only applies to ships the national government doesn't need for other uses. The Secretary of the Navy can attach whatever restrictions and regulations they think are necessary to keep the vessels in good condition.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The Secretary of the Navy is authorized, in his discretion, at the request of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to place gratuitously, at the disposal of the proper quarantine authorities, at any of the ports of the United States, to be used temporarily for quarantine purposes, such vessels or hulks belonging to the United States as are not required for other uses of the national government, subject to such restrictions and regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may deem necessary to impose for the preservation thereof.

Source credit: (June 14, 1879, No. 6, 21 Stat. 50; Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, 27 Stat. 449; July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, § 1, 32 Stat. 712; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, § 201, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1893Enacted · Act of Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114 · 27 Stat. 449
  • 1902Amended · Act of July 1, 1902, ch. 1370 · 32 Stat. 712
  • 1912Amended · Act of Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288 · 37 Stat. 309
  • 1979Amended · Pub. L. 96-88 · 93 Stat. 695

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 96-88 on 1879-06-14.

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