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title: "46 U.S.C. § 51308"
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title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
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chapter_name: "UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 51308 - Uniforms, textbooks, and transportation allowances

## Text

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.

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

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5130846 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.