{"data":{"id":"us/10-u.s.c.-8687","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 U.S.C. § 8687","heading":"Status of Government rights in the designs of vessels, boats, and craft, and components thereof","body":"(a) In General.—Government rights in the design of a vessel, boat, or craft, and its components, including the hull, decks, superstructure, and all shipboard equipment and systems, shall be determined solely as follows:(1) In the case of a vessel, boat, craft, or component procured through a contract, in accordance with the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 275 of this title. (2) In the case of a vessel, boat, craft, or component procured through an instrument not governed by subchapter I of chapter 275 of this title, by the terms of the instrument (other than a contract) under which the design for such vessel, boat, craft, or component, as applicable, was developed for the Government. (b) Construction of Superseding Authorities.—This section may be modified or superseded by a provision of statute only if such provision expressly refers to this section in modifying or superseding this section.","path":["Title 10—ARMED FORCES","CHAPTER 863—NAVAL VESSELS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc10@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:10Z","sha256":"1dacdeed3c02e4f8e1443de4744108cd67ecf3916fad6bfe598548547ac494a9","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/10-u.s.c.-8686","next":"us/10-u.s.c.-8688"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}