10 U.S.C. § 7296
Section, added Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, § 1021(b)(1), , 116 Stat. 2638; amended Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, § 1011, , 117 Stat. 1589, required notice before reduction in number of combatant surface vessels.
A prior section 7296, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 449, related to availability for other purposes of appropriations for construction or conversion of vessels, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title VIII, § 824(a)(5), , 107 Stat. 1707.