46 U.S.C. § 12504 — Information available from the system

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For law enforcement or other purposes and under conditions prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary—

(1)shall make available information in the vessel identification system to a State making information available under section 12503(a) of this title; and
(2)may make available information in the vessel identification system to others.