10 USC § 8607 - Administration of liberated and occupied areas

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title: "10 USC § 8607 - Administration of liberated and occupied areas"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8607"
section_name: "Administration of liberated and occupied areas"
chapter_number: 861
chapter_name: "SECRETARY OF THE NAVY: MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 443, § 7207; renumbered § 8607, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8607. Administration of liberated and occupied areas

**(a)** The Secretary of the Navy may, out of any appropriation made for the purpose, provide for the administration of liberated and occupied areas by the Department of the Navy.

**(b)** The Secretary, to the extent he considers proper, may delegate the authority conferred by this section to any person in the Department of the Navy, with or without the authority to make successive redelegations.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 443, § 7207; renumbered § 8607, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7207 | 5 U.S.C. 421f (as applicable to administration of liberated and occupied areas). | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 38 (as applicable to administration of liberated and occupied areas), 60 Stat. 858. |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 412a. | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 39, 60 Stat. 858. |

In subsection (b) the words “except the authority to prescribe regulations” are omitted, since  contains no authority for the Secretary of the Navy to prescribe regulations for the administration of that section.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .