10 USC § 8667 - Changing category or type: limitations

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title: "10 USC § 8667 - Changing category or type: limitations"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8667"
section_name: "Changing category or type: limitations"
chapter_number: 863
chapter_name: "NAVAL VESSELS"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 449, § 7297; renumbered § 8667, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8667. Changing category or type: limitations

Unless they have been specifically made available for the purpose, funds appropriated for the repair or alteration of naval vessels may not be used to make repairs or alterations of any vessel that would change its category or type.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 449, § 7297; renumbered § 8667, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7297 | 34 U.S.C. 490. | June 12, 1948, ch. 452, § 2, 62 Stat. 382. |

## 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 .