46 USC § 55303 - Motor vehicles owned by United States Government personnel

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title: "46 USC § 55303 - Motor vehicles owned by United States Government personnel"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "55303"
section_name: "Motor vehicles owned by United States Government personnel"
chapter_number: 553
chapter_name: "PASSENGER AND CARGO PREFERENCES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GOVERNMENT IMPELLED TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Promotional Programs"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1642.)"
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# § 55303. Motor vehicles owned by United States Government personnel

Notwithstanding any other law, privately-owned American shipping services may be used to transport motor vehicles owned by personnel of the United States Government whenever transportation of those vehicles at Government expense is otherwise authorized by law.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1642.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 55303 | 46 App.:1241(c). | June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title IX, § 901(c), as added May 28, 1956, ch. 325, 70 Stat. 187. |