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title: "46 U.S.C. § 51502"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 51502 - Detailing of personnel

## Text

At the request of the Governor of a State, the President may detail, without reimbursement, personnel of the Navy, the Coast Guard, and the Maritime Service to a State maritime academy to serve as a superintendent, professor, lecturer, or instructor at the academy.

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1577.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5150246 App.:1295c(e).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title XIII, § 1304(e), as added Pub. L. 96–453, § 2, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2004. The reference to territories is omitted as unnecessary because of the definition of “State” in chapter 1 of the revised title.