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title: "33 U.S.C. § 851a"
description: "Repealed. June 3, 1948, ch. 390, § 22(a), formerly § 21(a), 62 Stat. 300; renumbered § 22(a), Sept. 14, 1961, Pub. L. 87–233, § 1(f), 75 Stat. 506"
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title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
chapter_number: "17"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
section: "851a"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 851a"
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# 33 U.S.C. § 851a - Repealed. June 3, 1948, ch. 390, § 22(a), formerly § 21(a), 62 Stat. 300; renumbered § 22(a), Sept. 14, 1961, Pub. L. 87–233, § 1(f), 75 Stat. 506

## Notes

Section, act Jan. 19, 1942, ch. 6, § 1, 56 Stat. 6, related to distribution of the total number of commissioned officers in rank.