Title 46 — SHIPPING

• § 101— Agency
• § 102— Barge
• § 103— Boundary Line
• § 104— Citizen of the United States
• § 105— Consular officer
• § 106— Documented vessel
• § 107— Exclusive economic zone
• § 108— Fisheries
• § 109— Foreign commerce or trade
• § 110— Foreign vessel
• § 111— Numbered vessel
• § 112— State
• § 113— Undocumented
• § 114— United States
• § 115— Vessel
• § 116— Vessel of the United States
• § 301— Automatic execution of conforming changes
• § 501— Waiver of navigation and vessel-inspection laws
• § 502— Cargo exempt from forfeiture
• § 503— Notice of seizure
• § 504— Remission of fees and penalties
• § 505— Penalty for violating regulation or order
• § 2101— General definitions
• § 2102— Limited definitions
• § 2103— Superintendence of the merchant marine
• § 2104— Delegation
• § 2105— Report
• § 2106— Liability in rem
• § 2107— Civil penalty procedures
• § 2109— Public vessels
• § 2110— Fees
• § 2111— Pay for overtime services
• § 2112— Authority to change working hours
• § 2113— Authority to exempt certain vessels
• § 2114— Protection of seamen against discrimination
• § 2115— Civil penalty to enforce alcohol and dangerous drug testing
• § 2116— Marine safety strategy, goals, and performance assessments
• § 2117— Termination for unsafe operation
• § 2118— Establishment of equipment standards
• § 2301— Application
• § 2302— Penalties for negligent operations and interfering with safe operation
• § 2303— Duties related to marine casualty assistance and information
• § 2303a— Post serious marine casualty alcohol testing
• § 2304— Duty to provide assistance at sea
• § 2305— Injunctions
• § 2306— Vessel reporting requirements
• § 3101— Authority to suspend inspection
• § 3102— Immersion suits
• § 3103— Use of reports, documents, and records
• § 3104— Survival craft
• § 3105— Electronic charts
• § 3106— Master key control system
• § 3201— Definitions
• § 3202— Application
• § 3203— Safety management system
• § 3204— Implementation of safety management system
• § 3205— Certification
• § 3301— Vessels subject to inspection
• § 3302— Exemptions
• § 3303— Reciprocity for foreign vessels
• § 3304— Transporting individuals in addition to crew
• § 3305— Scope and standards of inspection
• § 3306— Regulations
• § 3307— Frequency of inspection
• § 3308— Examinations
• § 3309— Certificate of inspection
• § 3310— Records of certification
• § 3311— Certificate of inspection required
• § 3312— Display of certificate of inspection
• § 3313— Compliance with certificate of inspection
• § 3314— Expiration of certificate of inspection
• § 3315— Disclosure of defects and protection of informants
• § 3316— Classification societies
• § 3317— Fees
• § 3318— Penalties
• § 3501— Number of passengers
• § 3502— List or count of passengers
• § 3503— Fire-retardant materials
• § 3504— Notification to passengers
• § 3505— Prevention of departure
• § 3506— Copies of laws
• § 3507— Passenger vessel security and safety requirements
• § 3508— Crime scene preservation training for passenger vessel crewmembers
• § 3509— Medical standards
• § 3510— Additional medical and safety standards
• § 3701— Definitions
• § 3702— Application
• § 3703— Regulations
• § 3703a— Tank vessel construction standards
• § 3704— Coastwise trade vessels
• § 3705— Crude oil tanker minimum standards
• § 3706— Product carrier minimum standards
• § 3707— Tanker minimum standards
• § 3708— Self-propelled tank vessel minimum standards
• § 3709— Exemptions
• § 3710— Evidence of compliance by vessels of the United States
• § 3711— Evidence of compliance by foreign vessels
• § 3712— Notification of noncompliance
• § 3713— Prohibited acts
• § 3714— Inspection and examination
• § 3715— Lightering
• § 3716— Tank washings
• § 3717— Marine safety information system
• § 3718— Penalties
• § 3719— Reduction of oil spills from single hull non-self-propelled tank vessels
• § 4101— Application
• § 4102— Safety equipment
• § 4103— Exemptions
• § 4105— Uninspected passenger vessels
• § 4106— Penalties
• § 4301— Application
• § 4302— Regulations
• § 4303— Inspection and testing
• § 4304— Importation of nonconforming vessels and equipment
• § 4305— Exemptions and equivalents
• § 4306— Federal preemption
• § 4307— Prohibited acts
• § 4308— Termination of unsafe operation
• § 4309— Investigation and reporting
• § 4310— Repair and replacement of defects
• § 4311— Penalties and injunctions
• § 4312— Engine cut-off switches
• § 4501— Application
• § 4502— Safety standards
• § 4503— Fishing, fish tender, and fish processing vessel certification
• § 4504— Prohibited acts
• § 4505— Termination of unsafe operations
• § 4506— Exemptions
• § 4507— Penalties
• § 4701— Definitions
• § 4702— Abandonment of barge prohibited
• § 4703— Penalty for unlawful abandonment of barge
• § 4704— Removal of abandoned barges
• § 4705— Liability of barge removal contractors
• § 4710— Definitions
• § 4711— Abandonment of vessels prohibited
• § 4712— Inventory of abandoned vessels
• § 4901— Surveillance requirements
• § 5101— Definitions
• § 5102— Application
• § 5103— Load line requirements
• § 5104— Assignment of load lines
• § 5105— Load line surveys
• § 5106— Load line certificate
• § 5107— Delegation of authority
• § 5108— Special exemptions
• § 5109— Reciprocity for foreign vessels
• § 5110— Submersible vessels
• § 5111— Providing loading information
• § 5112— Loading restrictions
• § 5113— Detention of vessels
• § 5114— Use of Customs Service officers and employees for enforcement
• § 5116— Penalties
• § 6101— Marine casualties and reporting
• § 6102— State marine casualty reporting system
• § 6103— Penalty
• § 6104— Commercial fishing industry vessel casualty statistics
• § 6301— Investigation of marine casualties
• § 6302— Public investigations
• § 6303— Rights of parties in interest
• § 6304— Subpoena authority
• § 6305— Reports of investigations
• § 6306— Penalty
• § 6307— Notifications to Congress
• § 6308— Information barred in legal proceedings
• § 6309— Voyage data recorder access
• § 7101— Issuing and classifying licenses and certificates of registry
• § 7102— Citizenship or noncitizen nationality
• § 7103— Licenses for radio officers
• § 7104— Certificates for medical doctors and nurses
• § 7105— Oaths
• § 7106— Duration of licenses
• § 7107— Duration of certificates of registry
• § 7108— Termination of licenses and certificates of registry
• § 7109— Review of criminal records
• § 7110— Exhibiting licenses
• § 7111— Oral examinations for licenses
• § 7112— Licenses of masters or mates as pilots
• § 7113— Exemption from draft
• § 7114— Fees
• § 7116— Examinations for merchant mariner credentials
• § 7301— General
• § 7302— Issuing merchant mariners’ documents and continuous discharge books
• § 7303— Possession and description of merchant mariners’ documents
• § 7304— Citizenship or noncitizen nationality notation on merchant mariners’ documents
• § 7305— Oaths for holders of merchant mariners’ documents
• § 7306— General requirements and classifications for members of deck departments
• § 7307— Able seamen—unlimited
• § 7308— Able seamen—limited
• § 7309— Able seamen—special
• § 7310— Able seamen—offshore supply vessels
• § 7311— Able seamen—sail
• § 7311a— Able seamen—fishing industry
• § 7312— Scale of employment
• § 7313— General requirements for members of engine departments
• § 7315— Training
• § 7316— Lifeboatmen
• § 7317— Tankermen
• § 7318— Radiotelegraph operators on Great Lakes
• § 7319— Records of merchant mariners’ documents
• § 7501— Duplicates
• § 7502— Records
• § 7503— Dangerous drugs as grounds for denial
• § 7504— Travel and expense reimbursement
• § 7505— Review of information in National Driver Register
• § 7506— Convention tonnage for licenses, certificates, and documents
• § 7507— Authority to extend the duration of licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariner documents
• § 7508— Authority to extend the duration of medical certificates
• § 7509— Medical certification by trusted agents
• § 7510— Examinations for merchant mariner credentials
• § 7511— Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial
• § 7512— Requirements of electronic merchant mariner credentialing system
• § 7701— General
• § 7702— Administrative procedure
• § 7703— Bases for suspension or revocation
• § 7704— Dangerous drugs as grounds for revocation
• § 7704a— Sexual harassment or sexual assault as grounds for suspension or revocation
• § 7705— Subpenas and oaths
• § 7706— Drug testing reporting
• § 8101— Complement of inspected vessels
• § 8102— Watchmen
• § 8103— Citizenship or noncitizen nationality and Navy Reserve requirements
• § 8104— Watches
• § 8105— Fishing vessel exemption
• § 8106— Riding gangs
• § 8107— Use of force against piracy
• § 8301— Minimum number of licensed individuals
• § 8302— Staff department
• § 8304— Implementing the Officers’ Competency Certificates Convention, 1936
• § 8501— State regulation of pilots
• § 8502— Federal pilots required
• § 8503— Federal pilots authorized
• § 8701— Merchant mariners’ documents required
• § 8702— Certain crew requirements
• § 8703— Tankermen on tank vessels
• § 8704— Alien deemed to be employed in the United States
• § 8901— Freight vessels
• § 8902— Small passenger vessels
• § 8903— Self-propelled, uninspected passenger vessels
• § 8904— Towing vessels
• § 8905— Exemptions
• § 8906— Penalty
• § 9101— Standards for foreign tank vessels
• § 9102— Standards for tank vessels of the United States
• § 9301— Definitions
• § 9302— Great Lakes pilots required
• § 9303— United States registered pilot service
• § 9304— Pilotage pools
• § 9305— Agreements with Canada
• § 9306— State regulation prohibited
• § 9307— Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee
• § 9308— Penalties
• § 10101— Definitions
• § 10103— Reports
• § 10104— Requirement to report sexual offenses
• § 10105— Reports to Congress
• § 10301— Application
• § 10302— Shipping articles agreements
• § 10303— Provisions
• § 10304— Form of agreement
• § 10305— Manner of signing agreement
• § 10306— Exhibiting merchant mariners’ documents
• § 10307— Posting agreements
• § 10308— Foreign engagements
• § 10309— Engaging seamen to replace those lost by desertion or casualty
• § 10310— Discharge
• § 10311— Certificates of discharge
• § 10312— Settlements on discharge
• § 10313— Wages
• § 10314— Advances
• § 10315— Allotments
• § 10316— Trusts
• § 10317— Loss of lien and right to wages
• § 10318— Wages on discharge in foreign ports
• § 10319— Costs of a criminal conviction
• § 10320— Records of seamen
• § 10321— General penalty
• § 10501— Application
• § 10502— Shipping articles agreements
• § 10503— Exhibiting merchant mariners’ documents
• § 10504— Wages
• § 10505— Advances
• § 10506— Trusts
• § 10508— General penalties
• § 10509— Penalty for failing to begin voyage
• § 10601— Fishing agreements
• § 10602— Recovery of wages and shares of fish under agreement
• § 10603— Seaman’s duty to notify employer regarding illness, disability, and injury
• § 10701— Application
• § 10702— Duties of masters
• § 10703— Procedures of masters
• § 10704— Duties of consular officers
• § 10705— Disposition of money, property, and wages by consular officers
• § 10706— Seamen dying in the United States
• § 10708— Sale of property
• § 10709— Distribution
• § 10710— Unclaimed money, property, and wages
• § 10711— Penalties
• § 10901— Application
• § 10902— Complaints of unfitness
• § 10903— Proceedings on examination of vessel
• § 10904— Refusal to proceed
• § 10905— Complaints in foreign ports
• § 10906— Discharge of crew for unsuitability
• § 10907— Permission to make complaint
• § 10908— Penalty for sending unseaworthy vessel to sea
• § 11101— Accommodations for seamen
• § 11102— Medicine chests
• § 11103— Slop chests
• § 11104— Destitute seamen
• § 11105— Wages on discharge when vessel sold
• § 11106— Wages on justifiable complaint of seamen
• § 11107— Unlawful engagements void
• § 11108— Taxes
• § 11109— Attachment of wages
• § 11110— Seamen’s clothing
• § 11111— Limit on amount recoverable on voyage
• § 11112— Master’s lien for wages
• § 11113— Treatment of abandoned seafarers
• § 11201— Eligibility for veterans’ burial and cemetery benefits
• § 11202— Qualified service
• § 11203— Documentation of qualified service
• § 11204— Processing fees
• § 11301— Logbook and entry requirements
• § 11302— Manner of making entries
• § 11303— Penalties
• § 11304— Additional logbook and entry requirements
• § 11501— Penalties for specified offenses
• § 11502— Entry of offenses in logbook
• § 11503— Duties of consular officers related to insubordination
• § 11504— Enforcement of forfeitures
• § 11505— Disposal of forfeitures
• § 11506— Carrying sheath knives
• § 11507— Surrender of offending officers
• § 12101— Definitions
• § 12102— Vessels requiring documentation
• § 12103— General eligibility requirements
• § 12104— Applications for documentation
• § 12105— Issuance of documentation
• § 12106— Surrender of title and number
• § 12107— Wrecked vessels
• § 12108— Authority to extend duration of vessel certificates
• § 12111— Registry endorsement
• § 12112— Coastwise endorsement
• § 12113— Fishery endorsement
• § 12114— Recreational endorsement
• § 12115— Temporary endorsement for vessels procured outside the United States
• § 12116— Limited endorsements for Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands
• § 12117— Oil spill response vessels
• § 12118— Owners engaged primarily in manufacturing or mineral industry
• § 12119— Owners engaged primarily in leasing or financing transactions
• § 12120— Liquified gas tankers
• § 12121— Small passenger vessels and uninspected passenger vessels
• § 12131— Command of documented vessels
• § 12132— Loss of coastwise trade privileges
• § 12133— Duty to carry certificate on vessel and allow examination
• § 12134— Evidentiary uses of documentation
• § 12135— Invalidation of certificates of documentation
• § 12136— Surrender of certificates of documentation
• § 12137— Recording of vessels built in the United States
• § 12138— List of documented vessels
• § 12139— Reports
• § 12140— Investigations by Secretary
• § 12151— Penalties
• § 12152— Denial or revocation of endorsement for non-payment of civil penalty
• § 12301— Numbering vessels
• § 12302— Standard numbering system
• § 12303— Exemption from numbering requirements
• § 12304— Certificates of numbers
• § 12305— Displaying numbers
• § 12306— Safety certificates
• § 12307— Regulations on numbering and fees
• § 12308— Providing vessel numbering and registration information
• § 12309— Penalties
• § 12501— Establishment of a vessel identification system
• § 12502— Identification numbers, signal letters, and markings
• § 12503— Information available to the system
• § 12504— Information available from the system
• § 12505— Fees
• § 12506— Delegation of authority
• § 12507— Penalties
• § 13101— Definitions
• § 13102— State recreational boating safety programs
• § 13103— Program acceptance
• § 13104— Allocations
• § 13105— Availability of allocations
• § 13106— Computation decisions about State amounts expended
• § 13107— Authorization of appropriations
• § 13108— Computing amounts allocated to States and State records requirements
• § 13109— Consultation, cooperation, and regulation
• § 14101— Definitions
• § 14103— Delegation of authority
• § 14104— Measurement to determine application of a law
• § 14301— Application
• § 14302— Measurement
• § 14303— Tonnage Certificate
• § 14304— Remeasurement
• § 14305— Optional regulatory measurement
• § 14306— Reciprocity for foreign vessels
• § 14307— Inspection of foreign vessels
• § 14501— Application
• § 14502— Measurement
• § 14503— Certificate of measurement
• § 14504— Remeasurement
• § 14511— Application
• § 14512— Standard tonnage measurement
• § 14513— Dual tonnage measurement
• § 14514— Reciprocity for foreign vessels
• § 14521— Application
• § 14522— Measurement
• § 14701— General violation
• § 14702— False statements
• § 15101— National Chemical Transportation Safety Advisory Committee
• § 15102— National Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee
• § 15103— National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee
• § 15104— National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee
• § 15105— National Boating Safety Advisory Committee
• § 15106— National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee
• § 15107— National Navigation Safety Advisory Committee
• § 15108— National Towing Safety Advisory Committee
• § 15109— Administration
• § 30101— Extension of jurisdiction to cases of damage or injury on land
• § 30102— Liability to passengers
• § 30103— Liability of master, mate, engineer, and pilot
• § 30104— Personal injury to or death of seamen
• § 30105— Restriction on recovery by non-citizens and non-resident aliens for incidents in waters of other countries
• § 30106— Time limit on bringing maritime action for personal injury or death
• § 30301— Short title
• § 30302— Cause of action
• § 30303— Amount and apportionment of recovery
• § 30304— Contributory negligence
• § 30305— Death of plaintiff in pending action
• § 30306— Foreign cause of action
• § 30307— Commercial aviation accidents
• § 30308— Nonapplication
• § 30501— Definitions
• § 30502— Application
• § 30521— Declaration of nature and value of goods
• § 30522— Loss by fire
• § 30523— General limit of liability
• § 30524— Limit of liability for personal injury or death
• § 30525— Apportionment of losses
• § 30526— Provisions requiring notice of claim or limiting time for bringing action
• § 30527— Provisions limiting liability for personal injury or death
• § 30528— Vicarious liability for medical malpractice with regard to crew
• § 30529— Action by owner for limitation
• § 30530— Liability as master, officer, or seaman not affected
• § 30701— Definition
• § 30702— Application
• § 30703— Bills of lading
• § 30704— Loading, stowage, custody, care, and delivery
• § 30705— Seaworthiness
• § 30706— Defenses
• § 30707— Criminal penalty
• § 30901— Short title
• § 30902— Definition
• § 30903— Waiver of immunity
• § 30904— Exclusive remedy
• § 30905— Period for bringing action
• § 30906— Venue
• § 30907— Procedure for hearing and determination
• § 30908— Exemption from arrest or seizure
• § 30909— Security
• § 30910— Exoneration and limitation
• § 30911— Costs and interest
• § 30912— Arbitration, compromise, or settlement
• § 30913— Payment of judgment or settlement
• § 30914— Release of privately owned vessel after arrest or attachment
• § 30915— Seizures and other proceedings in foreign jurisdictions
• § 30916— Recovery by the United States for salvage services
• § 30917— Disposition of amounts recovered by the United States
• § 30918— Reports
• § 31101— Short title
• § 31102— Waiver of immunity
• § 31103— Applicable procedure
• § 31104— Venue
• § 31105— Security when counterclaim filed
• § 31106— Exoneration and limitation
• § 31107— Interest
• § 31108— Arbitration, compromise, or settlement
• § 31109— Payment of judgment or settlement
• § 31110— Subpoenas to officers or members of crew
• § 31111— Claims by nationals of foreign countries
• § 31112— Lien not recognized or created
• § 31113— Reports
• § 31301— Definitions
• § 31302— Availability of instruments, copies, and information
• § 31303— Certain civil actions not authorized
• § 31304— Liability for noncompliance
• § 31305— Waiver of lien rights
• § 31306— Declaration of citizenship
• § 31307— State statutes superseded
• § 31308— Secretary of Commerce or Transportation as mortgagee
• § 31309— General civil penalty
• § 31321— Filing, recording, and discharge
• § 31322— Preferred mortgages
• § 31323— Disclosing and incurring obligations before executing preferred mortgages
• § 31324— Retention and examination of mortgages of vessels covered by preferred mortgages
• § 31325— Preferred mortgage liens and enforcement
• § 31326— Court sales to enforce preferred mortgage liens and maritime liens and priority of claims
• § 31327— Forfeiture of mortgagee interest
• § 31329— Court sales of documented vessels
• § 31330— Penalties
• § 31341— Persons presumed to have authority to procure necessaries
• § 31342— Establishing maritime liens
• § 31343— Recording and discharging notices of claim of maritime lien
• § 40101— Purposes
• § 40102— Definitions
• § 40103— Administrative exemptions
• § 40104— Reports filed with the Commission
• § 40301— Application
• § 40302— Filing requirements
• § 40303— Content requirements
• § 40304— Commission action
• § 40305— Assessment agreements
• § 40306— Nondisclosure of information
• § 40307— Exemption from antitrust laws
• § 40501— General rate and tariff requirements
• § 40502— Service contracts
• § 40503— Refunds and waivers
• § 40504— Shipping exchange registry
• § 40701— Rates
• § 40702— Rate standards
• § 40703— Effective date of rates
• § 40704— Commission review
• § 40705— Presidential review of Commission orders
• § 40706— Exceptions
• § 40901— License requirement
• § 40902— Financial responsibility
• § 40903— Suspension or revocation of license
• § 40904— Compensation by common carriers
• § 41101— Joint ventures and consortiums
• § 41102— General prohibitions
• § 41103— Disclosure of information
• § 41104— Common carriers
• § 41105— Concerted action
• § 41105A— Authority
• § 41106— Marine terminal operators
• § 41107— Monetary penalties or refunds
• § 41108— Additional penalties
• § 41109— Assessment of penalties
• § 41110— Data collection
• § 41301— Complaints
• § 41302— Investigations
• § 41303— Discovery and subpoenas
• § 41304— Hearings and orders
• § 41305— Award of reparations
• § 41306— Injunctive relief sought by complainants
• § 41307— Injunctive relief sought by the Commission
• § 41308— Enforcement of subpoenas and orders
• § 41309— Enforcement of reparation orders
• § 41310— Charge complaints
• § 42101— Regulations of the Commission
• § 42102— Regulations of other agencies
• § 42103— No preference to Government-owned vessels
• § 42104— Information, witnesses, and evidence
• § 42105— Disclosure to public
• § 42106— Other actions to remedy unfavorable conditions
• § 42107— Refusal of clearance and entry
• § 42108— Penalty for operating under suspended tariff or service contract
• § 42109— Consultation with other agencies
• § 42301— Definitions
• § 42302— Investigations
• § 42303— Information requests
• § 42304— Action against foreign carriers
• § 42305— Refusal of clearance and entry
• § 42306— Submission of determinations to President
• § 42307— Review of regulations and orders
• § 42501— Definitions
• § 42502— National Shipper Advisory Committee
• § 42503— Administration
• § 44101— Application
• § 44102— Financial responsibility to indemnify passengers for nonperformance of transportation
• § 44103— Financial responsibility to pay liability for death or injury
• § 44104— Civil penalty
• § 44105— Refusal of clearance
• § 44106— Conduct of proceedings
• § 46101— General organization
• § 46102— Quorum
• § 46103— Meetings
• § 46104— Delegation of authority
• § 46105— Regulations
• § 46106— Annual report and public disclosure
• § 46107— Expenditures
• § 46108— Authorization of appropriations
• § 50101— Objectives and policy
• § 50102— Survey of merchant marine
• § 50103— Determinations of essential services
• § 50104— Studies of general maritime problems
• § 50105— Studies and cooperation relating to the construction of vessels
• § 50106— Studies on the operation of vessels
• § 50107— Studies on marine insurance
• § 50108— Studies on cargo carriage and cargo containers
• § 50109— Miscellaneous studies
• § 50110— Securing preference to vessels of the United States
• § 50111— Submission of annual MARAD authorization request
• § 50112— National Maritime Enhancement Institutes
• § 50113— Use and performance reports by operators of vessels
• § 50114— National maritime strategy
• § 50301— Vessel Operations Revolving Fund
• § 50302— Port development
• § 50303— Operating property and extending term of notes
• § 50304— Sale and transfer of property
• § 50305— Appointment of trustee or receiver and operation of vessels
• § 50306— Requiring testimony and records in investigations
• § 50307— Maritime environmental and technical assistance program
• § 50308— Maritime transportation system emergency relief program
• § 50309— Securing logistics information data of the United States
• § 50401— United States Committee on the Marine Transportation System
• § 50402— Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee
• § 50501— Entities deemed citizens of the United States
• § 50502— Applicability to receivers, trustees, successors, and assigns
• § 50503— Oceanographic research vessels
• § 50504— Sailing school vessels
• § 50505— Consistent approval of existing categorical exclusions
• § 51101— Policy
• § 51102— Definitions
• § 51103— General authority of Secretary of Transportation
• § 51104— General authority of Secretary of the Navy
• § 51301— Maintenance of the Academy
• § 51302— Nomination and competitive appointment of cadets
• § 51302a— Nomination in event of death, resignation, or expulsion from office of Senator otherwise authorized to nominate
• § 51303— Non-competitive appointments
• § 51304— Additional appointments from particular areas
• § 51305— Prohibited basis for appointment
• § 51306— Cadet commitment agreements
• § 51307— Places of training
• § 51308— Uniforms, textbooks, and transportation allowances
• § 51309— Academic degree
• § 51310— Deferment of service obligation under cadet commitment agreements
• § 51311— Midshipman status in the Navy Reserve
• § 51312— Board of Visitors
• § 51313— Advisory Board
• § 51314— Limitation on charges and fees for attendance
• § 51315— Gifts to the Merchant Marine Academy
• § 51316— Temporary appointments to the Academy
• § 51317— Adjunct professors
• § 51318— Policy on sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking
• § 51319— Sexual assault response coordinators and sexual assault victim advocates
• § 51320— Acceptance of guarantees with gifts for major projects
• § 51321— Grants for scientific and educational research
• § 51322— Protection of cadets from sexual assault onboard vessels
• § 51323— United States Merchant Marine Academy Advisory Council
• § 51324— Unfilled vacancies
• § 51325— Sexual assault and sexual harassment prevention information management system
• § 51326— Student advisory board at the United States Merchant Marine Academy
• § 51327— Sexual Assault Advisory Council
• § 51328— Student support
• § 51501— General support program
• § 51502— Detailing of personnel
• § 51503— Regional maritime academies
• § 51504— Use of training vessels
• § 51505— Annual payments for maintenance and support
• § 51506— Conditions to receiving payments and use of vessels
• § 51507— Places of training
• § 51508— Allowances for students
• § 51509— Student incentive payment agreements
• § 51510— Deferment of service obligation under student incentive payment agreements
• § 51511— Midshipman status in the Navy Reserve
• § 51701— United States Maritime Service
• § 51702— Civilian nautical schools
• § 51703— Additional training
• § 51704— Training for maritime oil pollution prevention, response, and clean-up
• § 51705— Training for use of force against piracy
• § 51706— Centers of excellence for domestic maritime workforce training and education
• § 51707— Merchant mariner recruitment, training, and retention strategic plan
• § 51901— Awards for individual acts or service
• § 51902— Gallant Ship Award
• § 51903— Multiple awards
• § 51904— Presentation to representatives
• § 51905— Flags and grave markers
• § 51906— Special certificates for civilian service to armed forces
• § 51907— Provision of decorations, medals, and replacements
• § 51908— Prohibition against unauthorized manufacture, sale, possession, or display of awards
• § 52101— Reemployment rights for certain merchant seamen
• § 53101— Definitions
• § 53102— Establishment of Maritime Security Fleet
• § 53103— Award of operating agreements
• § 53104— Effectiveness of operating agreements
• § 53105— Obligations and rights under operating agreements
• § 53106— Payments
• § 53107— National security requirements
• § 53108— Regulatory relief
• § 53110— Regulations
• § 53111— Authorization of appropriations
• § 53201— Definitions
• § 53202— Establishment of the Cable Security Fleet
• § 53203— Award of operating agreements
• § 53204— Effectiveness of operating agreements
• § 53205— Obligations and rights under operating agreements
• § 53206— Payments
• § 53207— National security requirements
• § 53208— Regulatory relief
• § 53209— Authorization of appropriations
• § 53301— Definitions
• § 53302— Authority for construction reserve funds
• § 53303— Persons eligible to establish funds
• § 53304— Vessel ownership
• § 53305— Eligible fund deposits
• § 53306— Recognition of gain for tax purposes
• § 53307— Basis for determining gain or loss and for depreciating new vessels
• § 53308— Order and proportions of deposits and withdrawals
• § 53309— Accumulation of deposits
• § 53310— Obligation of deposits and period for construction of certain vessels
• § 53311— Taxation of deposits on failure of conditions
• § 53312— Assessment and collection of deficiency tax
• § 53401— Definitions
• § 53402— Establishment of the Tanker Security Fleet
• § 53403— Award of operating agreements
• § 53404— Effectiveness of operating agreements
• § 53405— Obligations and rights under operating agreements
• § 53406— Payments
• § 53407— National security requirements
• § 53408— Regulatory relief
• § 53409— Special rule regarding age of participating Fleet vessels
• § 53410— Regulations
• § 53411— Authorization of appropriations
• § 53412— Acquisition of Fleet vessels
• § 53501— Definitions
• § 53502— Regulations
• § 53503— Establishing a capital construction fund
• § 53504— Deposits and withdrawals
• § 53505— Ceiling on deposits
• § 53506— Investment and fiduciary requirements
• § 53507— Nontaxation of deposits
• § 53508— Separate accounts within a fund
• § 53509— Qualified withdrawals
• § 53510— Tax treatment of qualified withdrawals and basis of property
• § 53511— Tax treatment of nonqualified withdrawals
• § 53512— FIFO and LIFO withdrawals
• § 53513— Corporate reorganizations and partnership changes
• § 53514— Relationship of old fund to new fund
• § 53515— Records and reports
• § 53516— Termination of agreement after change in regulations
• § 53517— Reports
• § 53701— Definitions
• § 53702— General authority
• § 53703— Application and administration
• § 53704— Funding limits
• § 53705— Pledge of United States Government
• § 53706— Eligible purposes of obligations
• § 53707— Findings related to obligors and operators
• § 53708— Findings related to economic soundness
• § 53709— Amount of obligations
• § 53710— Contents of obligations
• § 53711— Security interest
• § 53712— Monitoring financial condition and operations of obligor
• § 53713— Administrative fees
• § 53714— Guarantee fees
• § 53715— Escrow fund
• § 53716— Deposit fund
• § 53717— Management of funds in the Treasury
• § 53718— Annual report to Congress
• § 53719— Best practices
• § 53721— Rights of obligee
• § 53722— Actions by Secretary or Administrator
• § 53723— Payments by Secretary or Administrator and issuance of obligations
• § 53724— Rights to secured property
• § 53725— Actions against obligor
• § 53731— Commercial demonstration ocean thermal energy conversion facilities and plantships
• § 53733— Shipyard modernization and improvement
• § 53734— Replacement of vessels because of changes in operating standards
• § 53735— Fisheries financing and capacity reduction
• § 53901— Definitions
• § 53902— Authority to provide insurance
• § 53903— Insurable interests
• § 53904— Liability insurance for persons involved in war or defense efforts
• § 53905— Agency insurance
• § 53906— Hull insurance valuation
• § 53907— Reinsurance
• § 53908— Additional insurance privately obtained
• § 53909— War risk insurance revolving fund
• § 53910— Administrative
• § 53911— Civil actions for losses
• § 54101— Assistance for small shipyards
• § 54301— Port infrastructure development program
• § 55101— Application of coastwise laws
• § 55102— Transportation of merchandise
• § 55103— Transportation of passengers
• § 55104— Transportation of passengers between Puerto Rico and other ports in the United States
• § 55105— Transportation of hazardous waste
• § 55106— Merchandise transferred between barges
• § 55107— Empty cargo containers and barges
• § 55108— Platform jackets
• § 55109— Dredging
• § 55110— Transportation of valueless material or dredged material
• § 55111— Towing
• § 55112— Vessel escort operations and towing assistance
• § 55113— Use of foreign documented oil spill response vessels
• § 55114— Unloading fish from foreign vessels
• § 55115— Supplies on fish processing vessels
• § 55116— Canadian rail lines
• § 55117— Great Lakes rail route
• § 55118— Foreign railroads whose road enters by ferry, tugboat, or towboat
• § 55119— Yukon River
• § 55120— Transshipment of imported merchandise intended for immediate exportation
• § 55121— Transportation of merchandise and passengers on Canadian vessels
• § 55122— Floating dry docks
• § 55123— Priority loading for coal
• § 55301— Report on administration of programs by other Federal departments and agencies
• § 55302— Transportation of United States Government personnel
• § 55303— Motor vehicles owned by United States Government personnel
• § 55304— Exports financed by the United States Government
• § 55305— Cargoes procured, furnished, or financed by the United States Government
• § 55311— Findings and purposes
• § 55312— Determining prevailing world market price
• § 55313— Exemption of certain agricultural exports from cargo preference provisions
• § 55314— Transportation requirements for certain exports sponsored by the Secretary of Agriculture
• § 55315— Minimum tonnage
• § 55318— Effect on other law
• § 55331— Definitions
• § 55332— Designating American Great Lakes vessels
• § 55333— Exemption from restriction on transporting certain cargo
• § 55334— Restrictions on operations
• § 55335— Revocations and terminations of designations
• § 55336— Civil penalty
• § 55601— United States marine highway program
• § 55602— Cargo and shippers
• § 55603— Multistate, State, Tribal, and regional transportation planning
• § 55604— Research on marine highway transportation
• § 55605— Definitions
• § 56101— Approval required to transfer vessel to noncitizen
• § 56102— Additional controls during war or national emergency
• § 56103— Conditional approvals
• § 56104— Penalty for false statements
• § 56105— Forfeiture procedure
• § 56301— General authority
• § 56302— Charter terms
• § 56303— Compensation
• § 56304— Disputed compensation
• § 56305— Vessel encumbrances
• § 56306— Use and transfer of vessels
• § 56307— Return of vessels
• § 56308— Transfer of substitute vessels
• § 56309— Emergency foreign vessel acquisition; purchase or requisition of vessels lying idle in United States waters
• § 56310— Voluntary purchase or charter agreements
• § 56311— Requisitioned vessels
• § 56312— Documented defined
• § 56501— Definition
• § 56502— Adjusting obligations and arranging maintenance
• § 56503— Types of adjustments and arrangements
• § 56504— Changes in adjustments and arrangements
• § 57100— National Defense Reserve Fleet
• § 57101— Placement of vessels in National Defense Reserve Fleet
• § 57102— Disposition of vessels
• § 57103— Donation of vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
• § 57104— Acquisition of vessels from sale of obsolete vessels
• § 57105— Acquisition of vessels for essential services, routes, or lines
• § 57106— Maintenance, improvement, and operation of vessels
• § 57107— Vessels for other agencies
• § 57108— Consideration of ballast and equipment in determining selling price
• § 57109— Operation of vessels purchased, chartered, or leased from Secretary of Transportation
• § 57110— Salvage recoveries for subrogated ownership of vessels and cargoes
• § 57111— Definition of obsolete vessel
• § 57112— Requirements for purchasing federally auctioned vessels
• § 57301— Definitions
• § 57302— Authority to acquire vessels
• § 57303— Utility value and tonnage requirements
• § 57304— Eligible acquisition dates
• § 57305— Determination of trade-in allowance
• § 57306— Payment of trade-in allowance
• § 57307— Recognition of gain for tax purposes
• § 57308— Use of vessels at least 25 years old
• § 57501— Completion of long-range program
• § 57502— Construction, reconditioning, and remodeling of vessels
• § 57503— Competitive bidding
• § 57504— Charter or sale of vessels acquired by Department of Transportation
• § 57505— Employment of vessels on foreign trade routes
• § 57506— Minimum selling price of vessels
• § 57511— Demise charters
• § 57512— Competitive bidding
• § 57513— Minimum bid
• § 57514— Qualifications of bidders
• § 57515— Awarding of charters
• § 57516— Operating-differential subsidies
• § 57517— Recovery of excess profits
• § 57518— Performance bond
• § 57519— Insurance
• § 57520— Vessel maintenance
• § 57521— Termination of charter during national emergency
• § 57522— Books and records, balance sheets, and inspection and auditing
• § 57531— Construction and charter of vessels for unsuccessful routes
• § 57532— Operation of experimental vessels
• § 57533— Vessel chartering authority
• § 58101— Operating in domestic intercoastal or coastwise service
• § 58102— Default on payment or maintenance of reserves
• § 58103— Employing another person as managing or operating agent
• § 58104— Willful violation constitutes breach of contract or charter
• § 58105— Preferences for cargo in which charterer has interest
• § 58106— Concerted discriminatory activities
• § 58107— Discrimination at ports by water common carriers
• § 58108— Charges for transportation subject to subtitle IV of title 49
• § 58109— Penalties
• § 60101— Boarding arriving vessels before inspection
• § 60102— Production of certificate on entry
• § 60103— Oath of ownership on entry
• § 60104— Depositing certificates of documentation with consular officers
• § 60105— Clearance of vessels
• § 60106— State inspection laws
• § 60107— Payment of fees on departing vessel
• § 60108— Duty to transport tendered cargo
• § 60109— Duty to transport money and securities of the United States Government
• § 60301— Regular tonnage taxes
• § 60302— Special tonnage taxes
• § 60303— Light money
• § 60304— Presidential suspension of tonnage taxes and light money
• § 60305— Vessels in distress
• § 60306— Vessels not engaged in trade
• § 60307— Vessels engaged in coastwise trade or the fisheries
• § 60308— Vessels engaged in Great Lakes trade
• § 60309— Passenger vessels making trips between ports of the United States and foreign ports
• § 60310— Vessels making daily trips on interior waters
• § 60311— Hospital vessels in time of war
• § 60312— Rights under treaties preserved
• § 60501— Vessels allowed to import
• § 60502— Discriminating duty on goods imported in foreign vessels or from contiguous countries
• § 60503— Reciprocal suspension of discriminating duties
• § 60504— Reciprocal privileges for recreational vessels
• § 60505— Retaliatory suspension of commercial privileges
• § 60506— Retaliation against British dominions of North America
• § 60507— Suspension of free passage through Saint Marys Falls Canal
• § 70001— Vessel traffic services
• § 70002— Special powers
• § 70003— Port access routes
• § 70004— Considerations by Secretary
• § 70005— International agreements
• § 70006— Establishment by Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating of anchorage grounds and regulations generally
• § 70007— Anchorage grounds
• § 70011— Waterfront safety
• § 70012— Navigational hazards
• § 70013— Requirement to notify Coast Guard of release of objects into the navigable waters of the United States
• § 70014— Aiming laser pointer at vessel
• § 70021— Conditions for entry to ports in the United States
• § 70022— Prohibition on entry and operation
• § 70031— Definitions
• § 70032— Delegation of ports and waterways authorities in Saint Lawrence Seaway
• § 70033— Limitation on application to foreign vessels
• § 70034— Regulations
• § 70035— Investigatory powers
• § 70036— Enforcement
• § 70041— Regattas and marine parades
• § 70051— Regulation of anchorage and movement of vessels during national emergency
• § 70052— Seizure and forfeiture of vessel; fine and imprisonment
• § 70053— Enforcement provisions
• § 70054— Definitions
• § 70101— Definitions
• § 70102— United States facility and vessel vulnerability assessments
• § 70103— Maritime transportation security plans
• § 70104— Transportation security incident response
• § 70105— Transportation worker identification credentials
• § 70106— Deployable, specialized forces
• § 70107— Grants
• § 70108— Foreign port assessment
• § 70109— Notifying foreign authorities
• § 70110— Actions and assistance for foreign ports or facilities and United States territories
• § 70111— Enhanced crewmember identification
• § 70112— Maritime Security Advisory Committees
• § 70113— Maritime intelligence
• § 70114— Automatic identification systems
• § 70115— Long-range vessel tracking system
• § 70116— Port, harbor, and coastal facility security
• § 70118— Enforcement by State and local officers
• § 70119— Civil penalty
• § 70120— In rem liability for civil penalties and certain costs
• § 70121— Withholding of clearance
• § 70122— Waterway Watch Program
• § 70123— Mobile biometric identification
• § 70124— Regulations
• § 70125— Port security training for facility security officers
• § 70131— Definitions
• § 70132— Credentialing standards, training, and certification for State and local support for the enforcement of security zones for the transportation of especially hazardous cargo
• § 70301— Definitions
• § 70302— International measures for seaport and vessel security
• § 70303— Security standards at foreign ports
• § 70304— Travel advisories on security at foreign ports
• § 70305— Suspension of passenger services
• § 70306— Report on terrorist threats
• § 70501— Findings and declarations
• § 70502— Definitions
• § 70503— Prohibited acts
• § 70504— Jurisdiction and venue
• § 70505— Failure to comply with international law as a defense
• § 70506— Penalties
• § 70507— Forfeitures
• § 70508— Operation of submersible vessel or semi-submersible vessel without nationality
• § 80101— Vessel stranded on foreign coast
• § 80103— Property on Florida coast to be taken to port of entry
• § 80104— Salvaging operations by foreign vessels
• § 80105— Canadian vessels aiding vessels in United States waters
• § 80106— International agreement on derelicts
• § 80107— Salvors of life to share in remuneration
• § 80301— International agreements
• § 80302— Patrol services
• § 80303— Speed of vessel in ice region
• § 80304— Limitation on ice patrol data
• § 80501— Definitions
• § 80502— Application of Convention
• § 80503— General authority of the Secretary
• § 80504— Approval and examination
• § 80505— Enforcement
• § 80506— Delegation of authority
• § 80507— Employee protection
• § 80508— Amendments to Convention
• § 80509— Civil penalty