10 USC § 8749a - Civil service mariners of Military Sealift Command: alcohol testing

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title: "10 USC § 8749a - Civil service mariners of Military Sealift Command: alcohol testing"
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title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
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section_name: "Civil service mariners of Military Sealift Command: alcohol testing"
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chapter_name: "CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES"
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source_credit: "(Added § 7479a and renumbered § 8749a, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(6), title XI, § 1114(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836, 2013; amended Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1731(a)(60)(B), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1815.)"
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# § 8749a. Civil service mariners of Military Sealift Command: alcohol testing

The Secretary of the Navy may prescribe regulations establishing a program to conduct on-duty reasonable suspicion alcohol testing and post-accident alcohol testing of civil service mariners of the Military Sealift Command who are assigned to vessels.

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**Source Credit**: (Added § 7479a and renumbered § 8749a, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(6), title XI, § 1114(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836, 2013; amended Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1731(a)(60)(B), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1815.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2019— capitalized “Military Sealift Command” in section catchline.

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 .