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[CITE: 10USC7306]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                     PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                       CHAPTER 633--NAVAL VESSELS
 
Sec. 7306. Vessels stricken from Naval Vessel Register; captured 
        vessels: transfer by gift or otherwise
        
    (a) Authority To Make Transfer.--Subject to subsections (c) and (d) 
of section 602 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act 
of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 474), the Secretary of the Navy may transfer, by gift 
or otherwise, any vessel stricken from the Naval Vessel Register, or any 
captured vessel, to--
        (1) any State, Commonwealth, or possession of the United States 
    or any municipal corporation or political subdivision thereof;
        (2) the District of Columbia; or
        (3) any not-for-profit or nonprofit entity.

    (b) Vessel To Be Maintained in Condition Satisfactory to 
Secretary.--An agreement for the transfer of a vessel under subsection 
(a) shall include a requirement that the transferee will maintain the 
vessel in a condition satisfactory to the Secretary.
    (c) Transfers To Be at No Cost to United States.--Any transfer of a 
vessel under this section shall be made at no cost to the United States.
    (d) Congressional Notice-and-Wait Period.--(1) A transfer under this 
section may not take effect until--
        (A) the Secretary submits to Congress notice of the proposed 
    transfer; and
        (B) 30 days of a session of Congress have expired following the 
    date on which the notice is sent to Congress.

    (2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B)--
        (A) the period of a session of Congress is broken only by an 
    adjournment of Congress sine die at the end of the final session of 
    a Congress; and
        (B) any day on which either House of Congress is not in session 
    because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain, or 
    because of an adjournment sine die at the end of the first session 
    of a Congress, shall be excluded in the computation of such 30-day 
    period.

(Added Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 824(b), Nov. 30, 1993, 
107 Stat. 1709; amended Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title X, Sec. 1011, Oct. 
5, 1999, 113 Stat. 739.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 7306, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 452; 
Nov. 8, 1965, Pub. L. 89-348, Sec. 1(10), 79 Stat. 1311; Nov. 2, 1966, 
Pub. L. 89-718, Sec. 42, 80 Stat. 1120; Nov. 29, 1989, Pub. L. 101-189, 
div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1616, 103 Stat. 1602, related to use of vessels 
stricken from the Naval Vessel Register for experimental purposes, prior 
to repeal by Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 824(b). See section 7306a of this 
title.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106-65 amended heading and text of 
subsec. (d) generally. Text read as follows:
    ``(1) No transfer under this section takes effect unless--
        ``(A) notice of the proposal to make the transfer is sent to 
    Congress; and
        ``(B) 60 days of continuous session of Congress have expired 
    following the date on which such notice is sent to Congress.
    ``(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the continuity of a session 
of Congress is broken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine die, 
and the days on which either House is not in session because of an 
adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain are excluded in the 
computation of such 60-day period.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 42 section 6939d.
