(a) The Secretary of the Navy may make such expenditures out of available appropriations as he considers necessary to—
(1) apprehend and deliver deserters, stragglers, and prisoners; and
(2) operate shore patrols.
(b) The Secretary, to the extent he considers proper, may delegate the authority conferred by this section to any person in the Department of the Navy, with or without the authority to make successive redelegations.
Open Table| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 7214 | 34 U.S.C. 606. | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, §22, 60 Stat. 856. |
| 5 U.S.C. 421g(d). | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, §40(d), 60 Stat. 858. | |
| 5 U.S.C. 412a. | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, §39, 60 Stat. 858. |
In subsection (a) the word "naval" is omitted as surplusage.
In subsection (b) the words "except the authority to prescribe regulations" are omitted, since 34 U.S.C. 606 contains no authority for the Secretary of the Navy to prescribe regulations for the administration of that section.
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7214 of this title as this section.
Effective Date of 2018 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
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