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legal/us/code/title-46/chapter-513/section-51317.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "46 U.S.C. § 51317"
+description: "Adjunct professors"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "513"
+chapter_name: "UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY"
+section: "51317"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 51317"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc46@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s51317"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 51317 - Adjunct professors
+
+## Text
+
+(a) In General.— The Maritime Administrator may establish a program for the purpose of contracting with individuals as personal services contractors to provide services as adjunct professors at the Academy, if the Maritime Administrator determines that there is a need for adjunct professors and the need is not of permanent duration.
+
+(b) Contract Requirements.— Each contract under the program—
+
+(1) must be approved by the Maritime Administrator;
+
+(2) shall be for a duration, including options, of not to exceed one year unless the Maritime Administrator finds that exceptional circumstances justify an extension of up to one additional year; and
+
+(3) shall be subject to the availability of appropriations.
+
+(Added Pub. L. 111–84, div. C, title XXXV, § 3503(a), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2719; amended Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3509, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1916.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments2017—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–91, § 3509(1)(A), struck out “and” at end. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 115–91, § 3509(1)(B), substituted “; and” for period at end. Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 115–91, § 3509(2), struck out subsecs. (c) and (d) which related to limitation on number of contractors and reporting requirements, respectively.