---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 8607"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "8607"
heading: "Administration of liberated and occupied areas"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/8607"
units:
  - "Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps"
  - "Part IV — General Administration"
  - "Chapter 861 — Secretary of the Navy: Miscellaneous Powers and Duties"
---

# §8607. Administration of liberated and occupied areas

- (a) The [Secretary](/usc/10/8720.md?p=4) of the [Navy](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-1) may, out of any appropriation made for the purpose, provide for the administration of liberated and occupied areas by the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of the [Navy](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-1).
- (b) The [Secretary](/usc/10/8720.md?p=4), to the extent he considers proper, may delegate the authority conferred by this section to any person in the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of the [Navy](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-1), with or without the authority to make successive redelegations.

## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 443, § 7207; renumbered § 8607, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 7207 | 5 U.S.C. 421f (as applicable to administration of liberated and occupied areas). | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 38 (as applicable to administration of liberated and occupied areas), 60 Stat. 858. |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 412a. | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 39, 60 Stat. 858. |

In subsection (b) the words “except the authority to prescribe regulations” are omitted, since 5 U.S.C. 421f contains no authority for the Secretary of the Navy to prescribe regulations for the administration of that section.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7207 of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.