10 USC § 8687 - Status of Government rights in the designs of vessels, boats, and craft, and components thereof

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title: "10 USC § 8687 - Status of Government rights in the designs of vessels, boats, and craft, and components thereof"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8687"
section_name: "Status of Government rights in the designs of vessels, boats, and craft, and components thereof"
chapter_number: 863
chapter_name: "NAVAL VESSELS"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title VIII, § 825(a), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4534, § 7317; renumbered § 8687, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1833(p), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4234.)"
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# § 8687. Status of Government rights in the designs of vessels, boats, and craft, and components thereof

**(a)** **In General.—** Government rights in the design of a vessel, boat, or craft, and its components, including the hull, decks, superstructure, and all shipboard equipment and systems, shall be determined solely as follows:

**(1)** In the case of a vessel, boat, craft, or component procured through a contract, in accordance with the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 275 of this title.

**(2)** In the case of a vessel, boat, craft, or component procured through an instrument not governed by subchapter I of chapter 275 of this title, by the terms of the instrument (other than a contract) under which the design for such vessel, boat, craft, or component, as applicable, was developed for the Government.

**(b)** **Construction of Superseding Authorities.—** This section may be modified or superseded by a provision of statute only if such provision expressly refers to this section in modifying or superseding this section.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title VIII, § 825(a), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4534, § 7317; renumbered § 8687, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1833(p), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4234.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 8687, acts , ; , , ; , , , related to compensation for members of Air Force other than Regular Air Force prior to repeal by , , .

### Amendments

2021—Subsec. (a).  substituted “subchapter I of chapter 275” for “section 2320” in pars. (1) and (2).

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see , set out as a note preceding .

### 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 .