33 USC § 883h - Employment of public vessels

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title: "33 USC § 883h - Employment of public vessels"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "883h"
section_name: "Employment of public vessels"
chapter_number: 17
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "SURVEYS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 6, 1947, ch. 504, § 8, 61 Stat. 788.)"
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# § 883h. Employment of public vessels

The President is authorized to cause to be employed such of the public vessels as he deems it expedient to employ, and to give such instructions for regulating their conduct as he deems proper in order to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 6, 1947, ch. 504, § 8, 61 Stat. 788.)

## Executive Documents

### Delegation of Functions

Functions of President under this section delegated to Secretary of Commerce, see section 1() of Ex. Ord. No. 11023, , 27 F.R. 5131, as amended, set out as a note under , The President.