10 USC 7310: Overhaul, repair, etc. of vessels in foreign shipyards: restrictions
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10 USC 7310: Overhaul, repair, etc. of vessels in foreign shipyards: restrictions Text contains those laws in effect on January 2, 2001
From Title 10-ARMED FORCESSubtitle C-Navy and Marine CorpsPART IV-GENERAL ADMINISTRATIONCHAPTER 633-NAVAL VESSELS
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§7310. Overhaul, repair, etc. of vessels in foreign shipyards: restrictions

(a) Vessels With Homeport in United States.-A naval vessel (or any other vessel under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy) the homeport of which is in the United States may not be overhauled, repaired, or maintained in a shipyard outside the United States or Guam, other than in the case of voyage repairs.

(b) Vessel Changing Homeports.-(1) In the case of a naval vessel the homeport of which is not in the United States (or a territory of the United States), the Secretary of the Navy may not during the 15-month period preceding the planned reassignment of the vessel to a homeport in the United States (or a territory of the United States) begin any work for the overhaul, repair, or maintenance of the vessel that is scheduled to be for a period of more than six months.

(2) In the case of a naval vessel the homeport of which is in the United States (or a territory of the United States), the Secretary of the Navy shall during the 15-month period preceding the planned reassignment of the vessel to a homeport not in the United States (or a territory of the United States) perform in the United States (or a territory of the United States) any work for the overhaul, repair, or maintenance of the vessel that is scheduled-

(A) to begin during the 15-month period; and

(B) to be for a period of more than six months.

(Added and amended Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title III, §367, title VIII, §824(b), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1632 , 1710; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title X, §1017, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 425 .)

Prior Provisions

A prior section 7310, added Pub. L. 97–295, §1(49)(A), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1298 , related to policy for constructing combatant vessels, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–160, §824(a)(8).

Amendments

1996-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–106 inserted "or Guam" after "outside the United States".

1993-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–160, §367, amended subsec. (b) generally, designating existing provisions as par. (1) and adding par. (2).