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# 10 U.S.C. § 8687 - Status of Government rights in the designs of vessels, boats, and craft, and components thereof
## Text
(a) In General.— Government rights in the design of a vessel, boat, or craft, and its components, including the hull, decks, superstructure, and all shipboard equipment and systems, shall be determined solely as follows:
(1) In the case of a vessel, boat, craft, or component procured through a contract, in accordance with the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 275 of this title.
(2) In the case of a vessel, boat, craft, or component procured through an instrument not governed by subchapter I of chapter 275 of this title, by the terms of the instrument (other than a contract) under which the design for such vessel, boat, craft, or component, as applicable, was developed for the Government.
(b) Construction of Superseding Authorities.— This section may be modified or superseded by a provision of statute only if such provision expressly refers to this section in modifying or superseding this section.
(Added Pub. L. 110417, [div. A], title VIII, § 825(a), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4534, § 7317; renumbered § 8687, Pub. L. 115232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836; amended Pub. L. 116283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1833(p), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4234.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Prior ProvisionsA prior section 8687, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 536; Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85861, § 1(188), 72 Stat. 1534; Sept. 7, 1962, Pub. L. 87649, § 6(d), 76 Stat. 494, related to compensation for members of Air Force other than Regular Air Force prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99661, div. A, title VI, § 604(f)(1)(A), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3877.
Amendments2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116283 substituted “subchapter I of chapter 275” for “section 2320” in pars. (1) and (2). 2018—Pub. L. 115232 renumbered section 7317 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2021 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 116283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116283, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Effective Date of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.