10 USC § 2644
Control of transportation systems in time of war
October 30, 2020
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.
Open Table| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 4742 | 10:1361. | Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 418 (last par. under "Ordnance Department"), 39 Stat. 645. |
The words "as may be needful or desirable" are omitted as surplusage.
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–201 renumbered section 4742 of this title as this section and substituted "Secretary of Defense" for "Secretary of the Army".
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