Use of land and naval forces to prevent exportation
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/us/usc/t22/s408
Title
22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter
CH9
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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The President may employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States as he may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 401 to 408 of this title.
(June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title VI, § 8, 40 Stat. 225.)
Executive Documents
Air ForceFor transfer of certain functions insofar as they pertain to the Air Force, and to the extent that they were not previously transferred to the Secretary of the Air Force from the Secretary of the Army, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order No. 40 [App. A(1)], July 22, 1949.
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