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[CITE: 10USC7721]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                     PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                CHAPTER 657--STAY OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
 
Sec. 7721. Scope of chapter

    (a) This chapter applies to any suit against the United States under 
the Act of March 3, 1925 (commonly referred to as the ``Public Vessels 
Act'') (46 U.S.C. App. 781-790) for--
        (1) damage caused by a vessel in the naval service; or
        (2) compensation for towage or salvage services, including 
    contract salvage, rendered to a vessel in the naval service.

    (b) In this chapter, the term ``vessel in the naval service'' 
means--
        (1) any vessel of the Navy, manned by the Navy, or chartered on 
    bareboat charter to the Navy; or
        (2) when the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the Navy, 
    any vessel of the Coast Guard, manned by the Coast Guard, or 
    chartered on bareboat charter to the Coast Guard.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 483; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, 
Sec. 513(43), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2935; Pub. L. 100-26, 
Sec. 7(k)(10), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 284; Pub. L. 103-35, title II, 
Sec. 201(c)(11), May 31, 1993, 107 Stat. 98.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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7721(a)...............................  46 U.S.C. 791 (2d sentence).         Ju
ly 3, 1944, ch. 399, Sec.  1 (2d
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entence), 58 Stat. 723.
7721(b)...............................  46 U.S.C. 793.                       Ju
ly 3, 1944, ch. 399, Sec.  3, 58
                                                                              S
tat. 724.
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    In subsection (a) the words ``wherein a claim is made'' are omitted 
as surplusage. The words ``vessel in the naval service'' are substituted 
for the words ``vessel in the Navy, or in the naval service'' for 
brevity. No change in meaning results, since the term used in subsection 
(a) is defined in subsection (b).
    In subsection (b) the words ``service in'' are substituted for the 
words ``part of'' to conform to the terminology used in 14 U.S.C. 3.

                       References in Text

    The Public Vessels Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Mar. 3, 
1925, ch. 428, 43 Stat. 1112, as amended, which is classified generally 
to chapter 22 (Sec. 781 et seq.) of Title 46, Appendix, Shipping. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 781 of Title 46, Appendix, and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-35 substituted ``(46 U.S.C. App. 781-
790)'' for ``(46 U.S.C. 781-790)''.
    1987--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-26 inserted ``, the term'' after ``In 
this chapter''.
    1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-513 substituted ``the Act of March 3, 
1925 (commonly referred to as the `Public Vessels Act') (46 U.S.C. 781-
790)'' for ``sections 781-790 of title 46''.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 
701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 7722, 7724 of this title.
