U.S.C. Title 10 - ARMED FORCES 10 U.S.C. United States Code, 2024 Edition Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY CHAPTER 157 - TRANSPORTATION Sec. 2644 - Control of transportation systems in time of war From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov §2644. Control of transportation systems in time of war In time of war, the President, through the Secretary of Defense, may take possession and assume control of all or part of any system of transportation to transport troops, war material, and equipment, or for other purposes related to the emergency. So far as necessary, he may use the system to the exclusion of other traffic. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 266, §4742; renumbered §2644 and amended Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title IX, §906(a), (b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2620.) Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4742 10:1361. Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 418 (last par. under "Ordnance Department"), 39 Stat. 645. The words "as may be needful or desirable" are omitted as surplusage. Editorial Notes Amendments 1996—Pub. L. 104–201 renumbered section 4742 of this title as this section and substituted "Secretary of Defense" for "Secretary of the Army".
10 U.S.C. § 2644
§2644. Control of transportation systems in time of war
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