Statute · United States Code
10 U.S.C. § 2644 — Control of transportation systems in time of war
10 U.S.C. § 2644
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- United States Code
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 2025-01-06
- Topic
- antitrust
In time of war, the President, through the Secretary of Defense, may take possession and assume control of all or part of any system of transportation to transport troops, war material, and equipment, or for other purposes related to the emergency. So far as necessary, he may use the system to the exclusion of other traffic.
Citator
10 U.S.C. § 2644 — Control of transportation systems in time of war is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
In time of war, the President, through the Secretary of Defense, may take possession and assume control of all or part of any system of transportation to transport troops, war material, and equipment, or for other purposes related to the emergency. So far as necessary, he may use the system to the exclusion of other traffic.