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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: "33 U.S.C. § 386"
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description: "Commissioning private vessels for seizure of piratical vessels"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 33
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title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
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chapter_number: "7"
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chapter_name: "REGULATIONS FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY"
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section: "386"
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citation: "33 U.S.C. § 386"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc33@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s386"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
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# 33 U.S.C. § 386 - Commissioning private vessels for seizure of piratical vessels
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## Text
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The President is authorized to instruct the commanders of the public-armed vessels of the United States, and to authorize the commanders of any other armed vessels sailing under the authority of any letters of marque and reprisal granted by Congress, or the commanders of any other suitable vessels, to subdue, seize, take, and, if on the high seas, to send into any port of the United States, any vessel or boat built, purchased, fitted out, or held as mentioned in section 385 of this title.
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(R.S. § 4298.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Codification R.S. § 4298 derived from act Aug. 5, 1861, ch. 48, § 2, 12 Stat. 315.
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