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CHAPTER 639 - UNITED STATES NAVAL OBSERVATORY

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CHAPTER 639 - UNITED STATES NAVAL OBSERVATORY

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Sec.

(7391 to 7394. Repealed.)

7395. Naval Observatory: administration.

7396. Naval Observatory: exchange of information with foreign

offices.

AMENDMENTS

1982 - Pub. L. 97-295, Sec. 1(50)(F), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat.

1300, struck out ''NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE AND'' from chapter

heading.

Pub. L. 97-295, Sec. 1(50)(B), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1299,

struck out items 7391 ''United States Naval Oceanographic Office:

establishment and duties'', 7392 ''United States Naval

Oceanographic Office: maps, charts and books'', 7393 ''United

States Naval Oceanographic Office: pilot charts'', and 7394 ''Price

of maps, charts, and navigational publications''.

1964 - Pub. L. 88-436, Sec. 1(b), Aug. 14, 1964, 78 Stat. 436,

substituted ''navigational publications'' for ''nautical books'' in

item 7394.

1962 - Pub. L. 87-533, Sec. 1(a)(1), (b), July 10, 1962, 76 Stat.

154, 155, substituted ''United States Naval Oceanographic'' for

''Hydrographic'' in chapter heading and in items 7391 to 7393.

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(Sec. 7391 to 7394. Repealed. Pub. L. 97-295, Sec. 1(50)(A), Oct.

12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1299)

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Section 7391, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 456; July

10, 1962, Pub. L. 87-533, Sec. 1(a)(2), 76 Stat. 154, provided for

a United States Naval Oceanographic Office attached to the Office

of the Chief of Naval Operations which would provide navigational

aids, charts, books, and manuals, and was reenacted as former

section 2791 of this title.

Section 7392, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 456; July

10, 1962, Pub. L. 87-533, Sec. 1(a)(3), 76 Stat. 154, provided that

the Secretary of the Navy may have the United States Naval

Oceanographic Office prepare navigational aids, charts, and books,

and that he may publish and distribute such materials and buy

copyrights of existing navigational aids, charts, and books, and

was reenacted as section 451 of this title.

Section 7393, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 456; July

10, 1962, Pub. L. 87-533, Sec. 1(a)(4), 76 Stat. 154, directed that

certain identifying information be printed on United States Naval

Oceanographic pilot charts, and that the Department of Commerce's

Weather Bureau provide the Naval Oceanographic Office with data

necessary for their preparation, and was reenacted as section 452

of this title.

Section 7394, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 457; July

10, 1962, Pub. L. 87-533, Sec. 1(a)(5), 76 Stat. 154; Aug. 14,

1964, Pub. L. 88-436, Sec. 1(a), 78 Stat. 443, directed that

publications by the Naval Oceanographic Office be sold under

regulations of the Secretary of the Navy, and that proceeds be

covered into the Treasury, and was reenacted as section 453 of this

title.

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Sec. 7395. Naval Observatory: administration

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(a) The Naval Observatory shall be attached to the Office of the

Chief of Naval Operations.

(b) The Superintendent of the Naval Observatory shall be detailed

from officers in the line of the Navy serving in the grade of

captain or above.

(c) The Secretary of the Navy may detail any officer of the Navy,

competent for that duty, to supervise the Nautical Almanac.

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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 457.)

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7395 5 U.S.C. 133y-16 Reorganization Plan

(note). No. 3 of 1946, Part

III, Sec. 301, 60

Stat. 1099.

5 U.S.C. 461. Mar. 3, 1901, ch.

852, 31 Stat. 1122

(2d par., last

sentence).

5 U.S.C. 463. R.S. 436; June 29,

1949, ch. 278, 63

Stat. 300 (2d

par.).

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In subsection (a) the words ''together with their respective

functions, are hereby transferred from the Bureau of Naval

Personnel, Department of the Navy'' are omitted as executed. The

words ''attached to'' are substituted for the words ''and shall be

administered, subject to the direction and control of the Secretary

of the Navy, under the Chief of Naval Operations'' for brevity.

All orders issued by the Chief of Naval Operations in performing

the duties assigned to him are issued under the authority of the

Secretary of the Navy.

In subsection (b) the words ''until further legislation by

Congress'' are omitted as surplusage.

In subsection (c) the word ''detail'' is substituted for the word

''place''. The words ''in charge'' are omitted as surplusage. The

word ''duty'' is substituted for the word ''service'' for clarity.

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Sec. 7396. Naval Observatory: exchange of information with foreign

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(a) The Secretary of the Navy may arrange to exchange data with

foreign almanac offices to reduce the duplication of work in

preparing the different national nautical and astronomical almanacs

and make available for publication a larger amount of data useful

to navigators and astronomers. Each such arrangement shall be made

terminable on one year's notice.

(b) The work of the Nautical Almanac Office shall be so conducted

that in an emergency the part of the work intended for the use of

navigators may be computed by the force of the office without

foreign cooperation.

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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 457; Pub. L. 95-357, Sept. 8,

1978, 92 Stat. 591.)

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7396 5 U.S.C. 464. Aug. 22, 1912, ch.

335, 37 Stat. 342

(2d par.).

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In subsection (a) the words ''as he may from time to time deem

desirable with a view'' are omitted as surplusage. The words ''a

larger amount of data useful'' are substituted for the words

''increase the total data which may be of use'' for clarity.

In subsection (b) the words ''during the continuance of any such

arrangement'' are omitted as surplusage. The third proviso of 5

U.S.C. 464 is omitted as obsolete.

AMENDMENTS

1978 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-357 struck out ''in the American

Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac'' after ''for publication''.

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