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# 50 U.S.C. § 196 to 198 - Transferred

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section 196, Aug. 9, 1954, ch. 659, § 1, 68 Stat. 675; Pub. L. 96–70, title III, § 3302(c), Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 498; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(152), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 167, was redesignated as and transferred to section 56309 of Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(a)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1911. Section 197, Aug. 9, 1954, ch. 659, § 2, 68 Stat. 675; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(152), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 167, was redesignated as and transferred to section 56310 of Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(b)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1912. Section 198, Aug. 9, 1954, ch. 659, § 3, 68 Stat. 675; Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(b)(1), (2), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(152), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 167, was redesignated as and transferred to section 56311 of Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(c)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1912.