§ 8678.
Chief of Naval Operations: certification required for disposal of combatant vessels
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no combatant vessel of the Navy may be sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed of unless the Chief of Naval Operations certifies that it is not essential to the defense of the United States.
(Added [Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title VIII, § 824(b)], Nov. 30, 1993, [107 Stat. 1710], § 7308; renumbered § 8678, [Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(2)], Aug. 13, 2018, [132 Stat. 1836].)