10 USC § 2578 - Vessels: transfer between departments

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s2578"
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title: "10 USC § 2578 - Vessels: transfer between departments"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "2578"
section_name: "Vessels: transfer between departments"
chapter_number: 153
chapter_name: "EXCHANGE OF MATERIAL AND DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE, SURPLUS, OR UNCLAIMED PROPERTY"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 100–370, § 1(k)(1), July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 848; amended Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(b)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314.)"
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# § 2578. Vessels: transfer between departments

A vessel under the jurisdiction of a military department may be transferred or otherwise made available without reimbursement to another military department or to the Department of Homeland Security, and a vessel under the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security may be transferred or otherwise made available without reimbursement to a military department. Any such transfer may be made only upon the request of the Secretary of the military department concerned or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as the case may be, and with the approval of the Secretary of the department having jurisdiction of the vessel.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 100–370, § 1(k)(1), July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 848; amended Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(b)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Section is based on , , , 1204.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2002— substituted “of Homeland Security” for “of Transportation” wherever appearing.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on the date of transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see , set out as a note under .