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[CITE: 10USC5985]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 553--SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS AND DETAILS
 
Sec. 5985. Nautical Schools: detail of naval officers as 
        superintendents or instructors
        
    The President may detail officers of the Navy as superintendents or 
instructors of institutions receiving benefits under section 1304 of the 
Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1295c), when in his opinion it 
can be done without detriment to the naval service. Officers so detailed 
shall be recalled from an institution if it is discontinued or if the 
good of the naval service requires.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 374; Pub. L. 99-145, title XIII, 
Sec. 1303(a)(21), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 739.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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5985..................................  34 U.S.C. 1123 (less 1st proviso as  Ma
r. 4, 1911, ch. 265, Sec.  3
                                         applicable to vessels, and less 2d   (
less 1st proviso as applicable to
                                         proviso).                            v
essels, and less 2d proviso), 36
                                                                              S
tat. 1353.
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    The words ``naval service'' are substituted for the words ``public 
service'' for uniformity within the section. The citation of the act 
establishing the nautical institutions is substituted for the words 
``such schools'' for clarity. The word ``proper'' is omitted as 
surplusage.


                               Amendments

    1985--Pub. L. 99-145 substituted ``section 1304 of the Merchant 
Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1295c)'' for ``the Act of March 4, 
1911, ch. 265, 36 Stat. 1353, as amended''.
