10 USC § 8743 - Employment of aliens

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8743"
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title: "10 USC § 8743 - Employment of aliens"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8743"
section_name: "Employment of aliens"
chapter_number: 871
chapter_name: "CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
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currency: "119-73"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 462, § 7473; renumbered § 8743, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(6), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8743. Employment of aliens

Laws prohibiting payment of compensation to a person who is not a citizen of the United States do not apply to a person whose employment by the Department of the Navy is determined by the Secretary of the Navy to be necessary to obtain for the armed forces the benefits of the special technical or scientific knowledge or experience possessed by that person and not readily obtainable from a citizen.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 462, § 7473; renumbered § 8743, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(6), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7473 | 5 U.S.C. 415b. | Feb. 26, 1946, ch. 36, 60 Stat. 31. |

The word “Laws” is substituted for the words “Statutory provisions” for clarity. The words “armed forces” are substituted for the words “military services of the United States” for uniformity. The words “of the United States” at the end of the section are omitted as surplusage.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior sections 8743 to 8745 were renumbered sections 9273 to 9275 of this title, respectively.

### 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 .