---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 8701"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "8701"
heading: "Authority to provide for necessary salvage facilities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/8701"
units:
  - "Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps"
  - "Part IV — General Administration"
  - "Chapter 865 — Salvage Facilities"
---

# §8701. Authority to provide for necessary salvage facilities

- (a) **Authority.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/8720.md?p=4) of the [Navy](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-1) may provide, by contract or otherwise, necessary salvage facilities for public and private vessels.
- (b) **Coordination With Secretary of Homeland Security.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/8720.md?p=4) shall submit to the [Secretary](/usc/10/8720.md?p=4) of Homeland Security for comment each proposed contract for salvage facilities that affects the interests of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Homeland Security.
- (c) **Limitation.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/8720.md?p=4) of the [Navy](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-1) may enter into a term contract under [subsection (a)](#a) only if the [Secretary](/usc/10/8720.md?p=4) determines that available commercial salvage facilities are inadequate to meet the requirements of [national defense](/usc/10/8720.md?p=1).
- (d) **Public Notice.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/8720.md?p=4) may not enter into a contract under [subsection (a)](#a) until the [Secretary](/usc/10/8720.md?p=4) has provided public notice of the intent to enter into such a contract.
- (e) **Salvage Facilities Defined.—** In this section, the term “salvage facilities” [includes](/usc/10/101.md?p=g-4) equipment and gear utilized to prevent, abate, or minimize damage to the environment.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title X, § 1015, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 424, § 7361; amended Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(b)(1), (6), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title III, § 315(a), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1431; renumbered § 8701, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(3), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7361 of this title as this section.

2003—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 108–136 added subsec. (e).

2002—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted “of Homeland Security” for “of Transportation” in heading and in two places in text.

### 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.

### Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective on the date of transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see section 1704(g) of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.