01/19/04 Sec. 2101. General definitions In this subtitle - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2102. Limited definitions (a) In chapters 37, 43, 51, and 123 of this ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2103. Superintendence of the merchant marine The Secretary has general superintendence over the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2104. Delegation (a) The Secretary may delegate the duties and powers conferred by ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2105. Report The Secretary shall provide for the investigation of the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2106. Liability in rem When a vessel is made liable in rem under ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2107. Civil penalty procedures (a) After notice and an opportunity for a hearing, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2108. Refund of penalties The Secretary may refund or remit a civil penalty ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2109. Public vessels Except as otherwise provided, this subtitle does not apply to ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2110. Fees (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this title, the Secretary ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2111. Pay for overtime services (a) The Secretary may prescribe a reasonable rate ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2112. Authority to change working hours In a port at which the customary ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2113. Authority to exempt certain vessels If the Secretary decides that the application ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2114. Protection of seamen against discrimination (a)(1) A person may not discharge or ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2115. Civil penalty to enforce alcohol and dangerous drug testing ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2301. Application Except as provided in section 2306 of this title, this chapter ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2302. Penalties for negligent operations and interfering with safe operation ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2303. Duties related to marine casualty assistance and information ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2303a. Post serious marine casualty alcohol testing (a) The Secretary shall establish procedures ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2304. Duty to provide assistance at sea (a) A master or individual in ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2305. Injunctions (a) The district courts of the United States have jurisdiction to ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2306. Vessel reporting requirements (a)(1) An owner, charterer, managing operator, or agent of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 2307. Limitation of liability for Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service pilots ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3101. Authority to suspend inspection When the President decides that the needs of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3102. Immersion suits (a) The Secretary shall by regulation require immersion suits on ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3103. Use of reports, documents, and records The Secretary may rely, as evidence ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3201. Definitions In this chapter - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3202. Application (a) Mandatory Application. - This chapter applies to the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3203. Safety management system (a) In General. - The Secretary shall prescribe regulations ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3204. Implementation of safety management system (a) Safety Management Plan. - Each responsible ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3205. Certification (a) Issuance of Certificate and Document. - After verifying that ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3301. Vessels subject to inspection The following categories of vessels are subject to ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3302. Exemptions (a) A vessel is not excluded from one category only because ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3303. Reciprocity for foreign vessels Except as provided in chapter 37 of this ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3304. Transporting individuals in addition to crew (a) A documented vessel transporting cargo ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3305. Scope and standards of inspection (a) The inspection process shall ensure that ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3306. Regulations (a) To carry out this part and to secure the safety ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3307. Frequency of inspection Each vessel subject to inspection under this part shall ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3308. Examinations In addition to inspections required by section 3307 of this ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3309. Certificate of inspection (a) When an inspection under section 3307 of this ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3310. Records of certification The Secretary shall keep records of certificates of inspection ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3311. Certificate of inspection required (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3312. Display of certificate of inspection The certificate of inspection issued to a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3313. Compliance with certificate of inspection (a) During the term of a vessel's ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3314. Expiration of certificate of inspection (a) If the certificate of inspection of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3315. Disclosure of defects and protection of informants (a) Each individual licensed under ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3316. Classification societies (a) Each department, agency, and instrumentality of the United ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3317. Fees (a) The Secretary may prescribe by regulation fees for inspecting ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3318. Penalties (a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, the owner, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3501. Number of passengers (a) Each certificate of inspection issued to a vessel ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3502. List or count of passengers (a) The owner, charterer, managing operator, master, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3503. Fire-retardant materials (a) A passenger vessel of the United States having berth ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3504. Notification to passengers (a) A person selling passage on a foreign or ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3505. Prevention of departure Notwithstanding section 3303(a) (!1) of this title, a foreign ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3506. Copies of laws A master of a passenger vessel shall keep on ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3701. Definitions In this chapter - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3702. Application (a) Subject to subsections (b)-(e) of this section, this chapter ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3703. Regulations (a) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for the design, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3703a. Tank vessel construction standards (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3704. Coastwise trade vessels A segregated ballast tank, a crude oil washing system, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3705. Crude oil tanker minimum standards (a) A new crude oil tanker of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3706. Product carrier minimum standards (a) A new product carrier of at least ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3707. Tanker minimum standards (a) A new tanker of at least 10,000 gross ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3708. Self-propelled tank vessel minimum standards A self-propelled tank vessel of at least ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3709. Exemptions The Secretary may exempt a vessel from the minimum requirements ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3710. Evidence of compliance by vessels of the United States (a) A vessel ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3711. Evidence of compliance by foreign vessels (a) A foreign vessel to which ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3712. Notification of noncompliance The Secretary shall notify the owner, charterer, managing ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3713. Prohibited acts (a) A person may not - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3714. Inspection and examination (a)(1) The Secretary shall have each vessel to which ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3715. Lightering (a) A vessel may transfer oil or hazardous material in a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3716. Tank washings (a) A vessel may not transfer cargo in a port ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3717. Marine safety information system (a) The Secretary shall establish a marine safety ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3718. Penalties (a)(1) A person violating this chapter or a regulation prescribed ...

01/19/04 Sec. 3719. Reduction of oil spills from single hull non-self-propelled tank vessels ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4101. Application This chapter applies to an uninspected vessel not subject to ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4102. Safety equipment (a) Each uninspected vessel propelled by machinery shall be ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4103. Exemptions (a) The Secretary may exempt a vessel from any part of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4105. Uninspected passenger vessels (a) Chapter 43 of this title applies to an ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4106. Penalties If a vessel to which this chapter applies is operated in ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4301. Application (a) This chapter applies to a recreational vessel and associated ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4302. Regulations (a) The Secretary may prescribe regulations - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4303. Inspection and testing (a) Subject to regulations, supervision, and reviews that the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4304. Importation of nonconforming vessels and equipment The Secretary and the Secretary of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4305. Exemptions If the Secretary considers that recreational vessel safety will ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4306. Federal preemption Unless permitted by the Secretary under section 4305 of this ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4307. Prohibited acts (a) A person may not - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4308. Termination of unsafe operation If an official charged with the enforcement of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4309. Investigation and reporting (a) A recreational vessel manufacturer to whom this chapter ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4310. Repair and replacement of defects (a) In this section, "associated equipment" includes ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4311. Penalties and injunctions (a) A person willfully operating a recreational vessel in ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4501. Application (a) This chapter applies to an uninspected vessel which is a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4502. Safety standards (a) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations which require that ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4503. Fish processing vessel certification (a) A fish processing vessel to which this ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4504. Prohibited acts A person may not operate a vessel in violation of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4505. Termination of unsafe operations An official authorized to enforce this chapter - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4506. Exemptions (a) The Secretary may exempt a vessel from any part of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4507. Penalties (a) The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, and ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4508. Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety Advisory Committee ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4701. Definitions In this chapter - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4702. Abandonment of barge prohibited (a) (!1) An owner or operator of a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4703. Penalty for unlawful abandonment of barge Thirty days after the notification procedures ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4704. Removal of abandoned barges (a)(1) The Secretary may remove a barge that ...

01/19/04 Sec. 4705. Liability of barge removal contractors (a)(1) (!1) A barge removal contractor and ...

01/19/04 Sec. 5101. Definitions In this chapter - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 5102. Application (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this ...

01/19/04 Sec. 5103. Load line requirements (a) A vessel may be operated only if the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 5104. Assignment of load lines (a) The Secretary shall assign load lines for ...

01/19/04 Sec. 5105. Load line surveys (a) The Secretary may provide for annual, renewal, and ...

01/19/04 Sec. 5106. Load line certificate (a) On finding that a load line survey of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 5107. Delegation of authority (a) The Secretary shall delegate to the American Bureau ...

01/19/04 Sec. 5108. Special exemptions (a) The Secretary may exempt a vessel from any part ...

01/19/04 Sec. 5109. Reciprocity for foreign vessels (a) When the Secretary finds that the laws ...

01/19/04 Sec. 5110. Submersible vessels Notwithstanding sections 5103-5105 of this title, the Secretary ...

01/19/04 Sec. 5111. Providing loading information The Secretary may prescribe regulations requiring the owner, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 5112. Loading restrictions (a) A vessel may not be loaded in a way ...

01/19/04 Sec. 5113. Detention of vessels (a) When the Secretary believes that a vessel is ...

01/19/04 Sec. 5114. Use of Customs Service officers and employees for enforcement ...

01/19/04 Sec. 5116. Penalties (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the owner, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 6101. Marine casualties and reporting (a) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations on the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 6102. State marine casualty reporting system (a) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for ...

01/19/04 Sec. 6103. Penalty (a) An owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or ...

01/19/04 Sec. 6104. Commercial fishing industry vessel casualty statistics (a) The Secretary shall compile statistics ...

01/19/04 Sec. 6301. Investigation of marine casualties The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for the immediate ...

01/19/04 Sec. 6302. Public investigations Each investigation conducted under this chapter and regulations ...

01/19/04 Sec. 6303. Rights of parties in interest In an investigation conducted under this chapter, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 6304. Subpena authority (a) In an investigation under this chapter, the attendance and ...

01/19/04 Sec. 6305. Reports of investigations (a) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations about the form ...

01/19/04 Sec. 6306. Penalty A person attempting to coerce a witness, or to induce a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 6307. Notifications to Congress (a) The Secretary shall notify the Committee on Commerce, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 6308. Information barred in legal proceedings (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7101. Issuing and classifying licenses and certificates of registry ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7102. Citizenship Licenses and certificates of registry for individuals on ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7103. Licenses for radio officers (a) A license as radio officer may be ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7104. Certificates for medical doctors and nurses A certificate of registry as a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7105. Oaths An applicant for a license or certificate of registry shall take, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7106. Duration of licenses A license issued under this part is valid for ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7107. Duration of certificates of registry A certificate of registry issued under this ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7108. Termination of licenses and certificates of registry When the holder of a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7109. Review of criminal records The Secretary may review the criminal record of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7110. Exhibiting licenses Each holder of a license issued under this part shall ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7111. Oral examinations for licenses An individual may take an oral examination for ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7112. Licenses of masters or mates as pilots A master or mate licensed ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7113. Exemption from draft A licensed master, mate, pilot, or engineer of a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7114. Fees The Secretary may prescribe by regulation reasonable fees for the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7301. General (a) In this chapter - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7302. Issuing merchant mariners' documents and continuous discharge books ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7303. Possession and description of merchant mariners' documents ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7304. Citizenship notation on merchant mariners' documents An individual applying for a merchant ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7305. Oaths for holders of merchant mariners' documents An applicant for a merchant ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7306. General requirements and classifications for able seamen (a) To qualify for an ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7307. Able seamen - unlimited The required service for the endorsement of able ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7308. Able seamen - limited The required service for the endorsement of able ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7309. Able seamen - special The required service for the endorsement of able ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7310. Able seamen - offshore supply vessels For service on a vessel of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7311. Able seamen - sail For service on a sailing school vessel on ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7311a. Able seamen - fishing industry For service on a fish processing vessel, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7312. Scale of employment (a) Individuals qualified as able seamen - unlimited under ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7313. General requirements for members of engine departments (a) Classes of endorsement as ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7314. Service requirements for qualified members of engine departments ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7315. Training (a) Graduation from a nautical school vessel approved under law ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7316. Lifeboatmen To qualify for an endorsement as lifeboatman, an applicant must ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7317. Tankermen (a) The Secretary shall prescribe procedures, standards, and ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7318. Radiotelegraph operators on Great Lakes (a) A radiotelegraph operator on the Great ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7319. Records of merchant mariners' documents The Secretary shall maintain records on each ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7501. Duplicates (a) If a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner's ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7502. Records The Secretary shall maintain computerized records on the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7503. Dangerous drugs as grounds for denial [(a) Repealed. Pub. L. 101-380, title ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7504. Travel and expense reimbursement When a requirement to qualify for the issuance ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7505. Review of information in National Driver Register The Secretary shall make information ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7506. Convention tonnage for licenses, certificates, and documents ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7701. General (a) The purpose of suspension and revocation proceedings is to ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7702. Administrative procedure (a) Sections 551-559 of title 5 apply to each hearing ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7703. Bases for suspension or revocation A license, certificate of registry, or merchant ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7704. Dangerous drugs as grounds for revocation [(a) Repealed. Pub. L. 101-380, title ...

01/19/04 Sec. 7705. Subpenas and oaths (a) An official designated to investigate or preside at ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8101. Complement of inspected vessels (a) The certificate of inspection issued to a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8102. Watchmen (a) The owner, charterer, or managing operator of a vessel ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8103. Citizenship and Naval Reserve requirements (a) Only a citizen of the United ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8104. Watches (a) An owner, charterer, managing operator, master, individual in ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8105. Fishing vessel exemption Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8301. Minimum number of licensed individuals (a) Except as provided in chapter 89 ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8302. Staff department (a) This section applies to a vessel of the United ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8303. Service under licenses issued without examination An individual issued a license without ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8304. Implementing the Officers' Competency Certificates Convention, 1936 ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8501. State regulation of pilots (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8502. Federal pilots required (a) Except as provided in subsections (g) and (i) ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8503. Federal pilots authorized (a) The Secretary may require a pilot licensed under ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8701. Merchant mariners' documents required (a) This section applies to a merchant vessel ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8702. Certain crew requirements (a) This section applies to a vessel of at ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8703. Tankermen on tank vessels (a) A vessel of the United States to ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8704. Alien deemed to be employed in the United States An alien is ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8901. Freight vessels A freight vessel of less than 100 gross tons as ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8902. Small passenger vessels A small passenger vessel shall be operated by an ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8903. Self-propelled, uninspected passenger vessels A self-propelled, uninspected passenger vessel shall be operated ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8904. Towing vessels (a) A towing vessel that is at least 26 feet ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8905. Exemptions (a) Section 8903 of this title applies to a recreational vessel ...

01/19/04 Sec. 8906. Penalty An owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or ...

01/19/04 Sec. 9101. Standards for foreign tank vessels (a)(1) The Secretary shall evaluate the manning, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 9102. Standards for tank vessels of the United States (a) The Secretary shall ...

01/19/04 Sec. 9301. Definitions In this chapter - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 9302. Great Lakes pilots required (a)(1) Except as provided in subsections (d), (e), ...

01/19/04 Sec. 9303. United States registered pilot service (a) The Secretary shall prescribe by regulation ...

01/19/04 Sec. 9304. Pilotage pools (a) The Secretary may authorize the formation of a pool ...

01/19/04 Sec. 9305. Agreements with Canada To provide for a coordinated system of pilotage service ...

01/19/04 Sec. 9306. State regulation prohibited A State or political subdivision of a State may ...

01/19/04 Sec. 9307. Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee (a) The Secretary shall establish a Great ...

01/19/04 Sec. 9308. Penalties (a) An owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10101. Definitions In this part - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10103. Reports (a) A master of a vessel to which section 8701(a) of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10104. Requirement to report sexual offenses (a) A master or other individual in ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10301. Application (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided, this chapter ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10302. Shipping articles agreements (a) The owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10303. Provisions (a) A seaman shall be served at least 3 meals a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10304. Form of agreement The form of the agreement required by section 10302 ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10305. Manner of signing agreement The agreement required by section 10302 of this ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10306. Exhibiting merchant mariners' documents Before signing the agreement required by section 10302 ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10307. Posting agreements At the beginning of a voyage, the master shall have ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10308. Foreign engagements When a seaman is engaged outside the United States, the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10309. Engaging seamen to replace those lost by desertion or casualty ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10310. Discharge A master shall deliver to a seaman a full and true ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10311. Certificates of discharge (a) On discharging a seaman and paying the seaman's ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10312. Settlements on discharge When discharge and settlement are completed, the master, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10313. Wages (a) A seaman's entitlement to wages and provisions begins when ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10314. Advances (a)(1) A person may not - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10315. Allotments (a) Under prescribed regulations, a seaman may stipulate as ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10316. Trusts Sections 10314 and 10315 of this title do not prevent an ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10317. Loss of lien and right to wages A master or seaman by ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10318. Wages on discharge in foreign ports (a) When a master or seaman ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10319. Costs of a criminal conviction In a proceeding about a seaman's wages, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10320. Records of seamen The Secretary shall prescribe regulations requiring vessel owners ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10321. General penalty (a) A person violating any provision of this chapter or ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10501. Application (a) Except for a vessel to which chapter 103 of this ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10502. Shipping articles agreements (a) The owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10503. Exhibiting merchant mariners' documents Before signing the agreement required by section 10502 ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10504. Wages (a) After the beginning of a voyage, a seaman is entitled ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10505. Advances (a)(1) A person may not - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10506. Trusts Section 10505 of this title does not prevent an employer from ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10508. General penalties (a) A master who carries a seaman on a voyage ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10509. Penalty for failing to begin voyage (a) A seaman who fails to ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10601. Fishing agreements (a) Before proceeding on a voyage, the owner, charterer, or ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10602. Recovery of wages and shares of fish under agreement (a) When fish ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10603. Seaman's duty to notify employer regarding illness, disability, and injury ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10701. Application (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided, this chapter ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10702. Duties of masters (a) When a seaman dies during a voyage, the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10703. Procedures of masters (a) If the vessel is proceeding to the United ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10704. Duties of consular officers When a seaman dies outside the United States ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10705. Disposition of money, property, and wages by consular officers ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10706. Seamen dying in the United States When a seaman dies in the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10708. Sale of property A district court of the United States may direct ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10709. Distribution (a)(1) If the money, property, and wages of a seaman, including ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10710. Unclaimed money, property, and wages (a) When a claim for the money, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10711. Penalties An owner or master violating this chapter are each liable to ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10901. Application This chapter applies to a vessel of the United States except ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10902. Complaints of unfitness (a)(1) If the chief and second mates or a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10903. Proceedings on examination of vessel (a) On application made under section 10902(a) ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10904. Refusal to proceed After a judgment under section 10903 of this title ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10905. Complaints in foreign ports (a) When a complaint under section 10902(a) of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10906. Discharge of crew for unsuitability When a survey is made at a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10907. Permission to make complaint (a) A master may not refuse to permit, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 10908. Penalty for sending unseaworthy vessel to sea A person that knowingly sends ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11101. Accommodations for seamen (a) On a merchant vessel of the United States ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11102. Medicine chests (a) A vessel of the United States on a voyage ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11103. Slop chests (a) A vessel to which section 11102 of this title ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11104. Destitute seamen (a) A consular officer shall provide, for a destitute seaman ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11105. Wages on discharge when vessel sold (a) When a vessel of the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11106. Wages on justifiable complaint of seamen (a) Before a seaman on a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11107. Unlawful engagements void An engagement of a seaman contrary to a law ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11108. Taxes (a) Withholding. - Wages due or accruing to a master or ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11109. Attachment of wages (a) Wages due or accruing to a master or ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11110. Seamen's clothing The clothing of a seaman is exempt from attachments and ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11111. Limit on amount recoverable on voyage When a seaman is on a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11112. Master's lien for wages The master of a documented vessel has the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11201. Eligibility for veterans' burial and cemetery benefits (a) Eligibility. - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11202. Qualified service For purposes of this chapter, a person shall be considered ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11203. Documentation of qualified service (a) Record of Service. - The Secretary, or ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11204. Processing fees (a) Collection of Fees. - The Secretary, or in the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11301. Logbook and entry requirements (a) Except a vessel on a voyage from ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11302. Manner of making entries Each entry made in the official logbook - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11303. Penalties (a) A master failing to maintain an official logbook as required ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11501. Penalties for specified offenses When a seaman lawfully engaged commits any of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11502. Entry of offenses in logbook (a) When an offense listed in section ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11503. Duties of consular officers related to insubordination (a) A consular officer shall ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11504. Enforcement of forfeitures When an offense by a seaman also is a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11505. Disposal of forfeitures (a) Money, property, and wages forfeited under this chapter ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11506. Carrying sheath knives A seaman in the merchant marine may not wear ...

01/19/04 Sec. 11507. Surrender of offending officers When an officer of a vessel of the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12101. Definitions and related terms in other laws (a) In this chapter - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12102. Vessels eligible for documentation (a) A vessel of at least 5 net ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12103. Certificates of documentation (a) Except as provided in section 12123 of this ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12103a. Issuance of temporary certificate of documentation by third parties ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12104. Effect of documentation A certificate of documentation is - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12105. Registry endorsements (a) A certificate of documentation may be endorsed with a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12106. Coastwise endorsements (a) A certificate of documentation may be endorsed with a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12108. Fishery endorsements (a) A certificate of documentation may be endorsed with a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12109. Recreational endorsements (a) A certificate of documentation with a recreational ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12110. Limitations on operations authorized by certificates (a) A vessel may not be ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12111. Surrender and invalidation of certificates of documentation ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12112. Vessels procured outside the United States (a) The Secretary of Transportation and ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12117. Recording of United States built vessels The Secretary of Transportation may provide ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12119. List of documented vessels The Secretary of Transportation shall publish periodically a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12120. Reports To ensure compliance with this chapter and laws governing the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12122. Penalties (a) A person that violates this chapter or a regulation ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12123. Denial and revocation of endorsements When the owner of a vessel fails ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12124. Surrender of title and number (a) A documented vessel shall not be ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12301. Numbering vessels (a) An undocumented vessel equipped with propulsion machinery of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12302. Standard numbering system (a) The Secretary shall prescribe by regulation a standard ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12303. Exemption from numbering requirements (a) When the Secretary is the authority issuing ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12304. Certificates of numbers (a) A certificate of number is granted for a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12305. Displaying numbers A number required by this chapter shall be painted on, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12306. Safety certificates When a State is the authority issuing a number under ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12307. Regulations on numbering and fees The authority issuing a number under this ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12308. Providing vessel numbering and registration information A person may request from an ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12309. Penalties (a) A person willfully violating this chapter or a regulation ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12501. Establishment of a vessel identification system (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12502. Identification numbers, signal letters, and markings (a) For the identification of a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12503. Information available to the system (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12504. Information available from the system For law enforcement or other purposes and ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12505. Fees (a) The Secretary of Transportation may charge a fee under ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12506. Delegation of authority The Secretary of Transportation may delegate to an agency, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 12507. Penalties (a) A person shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for ...

01/19/04 Sec. 13101. State recreational boating safety programs (a) To encourage greater State participation and ...

01/19/04 Sec. 13102. Program acceptance (a) The Secretary shall make a contract with, and allocate ...

01/19/04 Sec. 13103. Allocations (a) The Secretary shall allocate amounts available for allocation ...

01/19/04 Sec. 13104. Availability of allocations (a)(1) Amounts allocated to a State shall be available ...

01/19/04 Sec. 13105. Computation decisions about State amounts expended (a) Consistent with regulations prescribed by ...

01/19/04 Sec. 13106. Authorization of appropriations (a)(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and subsection (c), the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 13108. Computing amounts allocated to States and State records requirements ...

01/19/04 Sec. 13109. Consultation, cooperation, and regulation (a) In carrying out responsibilities under this chapter, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 13110. National Boating Safety Advisory Council (a) The Secretary shall establish a National ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14101. Definitions In this part - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14103. Delegation of authority (a) The Secretary may delegate to a qualified person ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14104. Measurement to determine application of a law (a) When the application of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14301. Application (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this chapter ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14302. Measurement (a) The Secretary shall measure a vessel to which this chapter ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14303. International Tonnage Certificate (1969) (a) After measuring a vessel under this chapter, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14304. Remeasurement (a) To the extent necessary, the Secretary shall remeasure a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14305. Optional regulatory measurement (a) On request of the owner of a documented ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14306. Reciprocity for foreign vessels (a) When the Secretary finds that the laws ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14307. Inspection of foreign vessels (a) The Secretary may inspect a vessel of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14501. Application This chapter applies to the following: ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14502. Measurement The Secretary shall measure a vessel to which this chapter ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14503. Certificate of measurement The Secretary shall prescribe the certificate to be issued ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14504. Remeasurement (a) To the extent necessary, the Secretary shall remeasure a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14511. Application This subchapter applies to a vessel described in section 14501 of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14512. Standard tonnage measurement (a) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for measuring the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14513. Dual tonnage measurement (a) On application by the owner and approval by ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14521. Application This subchapter applies to a vessel described in section 14501 of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14522. Measurement (a) In this section, "length" means the horizontal distance of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14701. General violation The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, and ...

01/19/04 Sec. 14702. False statements A person knowingly making a false statement or representation in ...

01/19/04 Sec. 30101. Definitions In this subtitle - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31301. Definitions In this chapter - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31302. Availability of instruments, copies, and information The Secretary of Transportation shall - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31303. Certain civil actions not authorized If a mortgage covers a vessel and ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31304. Liability for noncompliance (a) If a person makes a contract secured by, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31305. Waiver of lien rights This chapter does not prevent a mortgagee or ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31306. Declaration of citizenship (a) Except as provided by the Secretary of Transportation, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31307. State statutes superseded This chapter supersedes any State statute conferring a lien ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31308. Secretary of Commerce or Transportation as mortgagee When the Secretary of Commerce ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31309. General civil penalty Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31321. Filing, recording, and discharge (a)(1) A bill of sale, conveyance, mortgage, assignment, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31322. Preferred mortgages (a) A preferred mortgage is a mortgage, whenever made, that ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31323. Disclosing and incurring obligations before executing preferred mortgages ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31324. Retention and examination of mortgages of vessels covered by preferred mortgages ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31325. Preferred mortgage liens and enforcement (a) A preferred mortgage is a lien ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31326. Court sales to enforce preferred mortgage liens and maritime liens and priority of claims ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31327. Forfeiture of mortgagee interest The interest of a mortgagee in a documented ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31329. Court sales of documented vessels (a) A documented vessel may be sold ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31330. Penalties (a)(1) A mortgagor shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31341. Persons presumed to have authority to procure necessaries ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31342. Establishing maritime liens (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this ...

01/19/04 Sec. 31343. Recording and discharging notices of claim of maritime lien ...

01/19/04 Sec. 53101. Definitions In this chapter: ...

01/19/04 Sec. 53102. Establishment of Maritime Security Fleet (a) In General. - The Secretary of ...

01/19/04 Sec. 53103. Award of operating agreements (a) In General. - The Secretary shall require, ...

01/19/04 Sec. 53104. Effectiveness of operating agreements (a) Effectiveness, Generally. - The Secretary may enter ...

01/19/04 Sec. 53105. Obligations and rights under operating agreements (a) Operation of Vessel. - An ...

01/19/04 Sec. 53106. Payments (a) Annual Payment. - ...

01/19/04 Sec. 53107. National security requirements (a) Emergency Preparedness Agreement Required. - The Secretary ...

01/19/04 Sec. 53108. Regulatory relief (a) Operation in Foreign Commerce. - A contractor for a ...

01/19/04 Sec. 53109. Special rule regarding age of participating fleet vessel ...

01/19/04 Sec. 53110. Regulations The Secretary and the Secretary of Defense may each prescribe ...

01/19/04 Sec. 53111. Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated for payments under ...

01/19/04 Sec. 70101. Definitions For the purpose of this chapter: ...

01/19/04 Sec. 70102. United States facility and vessel vulnerability assessments ...

01/19/04 Sec. 70103. Maritime transportation security plans (a) National Maritime Transportation Security Plan. - (1) ...

01/19/04 Sec. 70104. Transportation security incident response (a) Facility and Vessel Response Plans. - The ...

01/19/04 Sec. 70105. Transportation security cards (a) Prohibition. - (1) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations ...

01/19/04 Sec. 70106. Maritime safety and security teams (a) In General. - To enhance the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 70107. Grants (a) In General. - The Secretary of Transportation, acting through ...

01/19/04 Sec. 70108. Foreign port assessment (a) In General. - The Secretary shall assess the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 70109. Notifying foreign authorities (a) In General. - If the Secretary, after conducting ...

01/19/04 Sec. 70110. Actions when foreign ports not maintaining effective antiterrorism measures ...

01/19/04 Sec. 70111. Enhanced crewmember identification (a) Requirement. - The Secretary, in consultation with the ...

01/19/04 Sec. 70112. Maritime Security Advisory Committees (a) Establishment of Committees. - (1) The Secretary ...

01/19/04 Sec. 70113. Maritime intelligence (a) In General. - The Secretary shall implement a system ...

01/19/04 Sec. 70114. Automatic identification systems (a) System Requirements. - (1) Subject to paragraph (2), ...

01/19/04 Sec. 70115. Long-range vessel tracking system The Secretary may develop and implement a long-range ...

01/19/04 Sec. 70116. Secure systems of transportation (a) In General. - The Secretary, in consultation ...

01/19/04 Sec. 70117. Civil penalty Any person that violates this chapter or any regulation under ...