46 USC § 51308 - Uniforms, textbooks, and transportation allowances

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title: "46 USC § 51308 - Uniforms, textbooks, and transportation allowances"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "51308"
section_name: "Uniforms, textbooks, and transportation allowances"
chapter_number: 513
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Merchant Marine Service"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1574.)"
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# § 51308. Uniforms, textbooks, and transportation allowances

The Secretary of Transportation shall provide cadets at the United States Merchant Marine Academy—

**(1)** all required uniforms and textbooks; and

**(2)** allowances for transportation (including reimbursement of traveling expenses) when traveling under orders as a cadet.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1574.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 51308 | 46 App.:1295b(d). | June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title XIII, § 1303(d), as added Pub. L. 96–453, § 2, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2000. |