10 USC § 2633 - Stevedoring and terminal services: vessels carrying cargo or passengers sponsored by military department

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s2633"
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title: "10 USC § 2633 - Stevedoring and terminal services: vessels carrying cargo or passengers sponsored by military department"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "2633"
section_name: "Stevedoring and terminal services: vessels carrying cargo or passengers sponsored by military department"
chapter_number: 157
chapter_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
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. 85–44, § 1, June 1, 1957, 71 Stat. 45; amended Pub. L. 87–651, title I, § 111(a), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 510; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 511(87), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2927; Pub. L. 97–258, § 3(b)(7), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1063.)"
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# § 2633. Stevedoring and terminal services: vessels carrying cargo or passengers sponsored by military department

**(a)** Notwithstanding section 1301(a) of title 31, the Secretary of a military department may, under such regulations as he may prescribe, furnish stevedoring and terminal services and facilities to vessels carrying cargo, or passengers, or both, sponsored by his department.

**(b)** The furnishing of services and facilities under this section shall be at fair and reasonable rates.

**(c)** The proceeds from furnishing services and facilities under this section shall be paid to the credit of the appropriation or fund out of which the services or facilities were supplied.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 85–44, § 1, June 1, 1957, 71 Stat. 45; amended Pub. L. 87–651, title I, § 111(a), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 510; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 511(87), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2927; Pub. L. 97–258, § 3(b)(7), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1063.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

### 1962 Act

Section 2633 is restated, without substantive change, to conform to the style adopted for title 10.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1982—Subsec. (a).  substituted “” for “section 3678 of the Revised Statutes ()”.

1980—Subsec. (a).  substituted “section 3678 of the Revised Statutes ()” for “”.

1962— amended section generally without substantive change to conform to the style adopted for the revision of this title.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .