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§ 8663. Number in service in time of peace
In time of peace, the President may keep in service such vessels of the Navy as are required and keep the rest in reserve.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 449, § 7293; renumbered § 8663, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)