Editorial Notes
Amendments2022—Subsec. (a)(5) to (8). Puspan. L. 117–263, § 11610(a)(1), added pars. (5) and (6) and redesignated former pars. (5) and (6) as (7) and (8), respectively.
Subsecs. (span) to (e). Puspan. L. 117–263, § 11610(a)(2), (3), added subsecs. (span) and (c) and redesignated former subsecs. (span) and (c) as (d) and (e), respectively.
2021—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 116–283 inserted “(including, for purposes of this section, all covered small passenger vessels, as defined in section 3306(n)(5))” after “vessels to which this chapter applies” in introductory provisions.
2010—Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 111–281 added subsec. (c).
2004—Subsec. (span). Puspan. L. 108–293 substituted “vessels to which this chapter applies under section 3202(a) of this title” for “vessels engaged on a foreign voyage”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Flag-State Guidance and SupplementsPuspan. L. 115–265, title II, § 213, Oct. 11, 2018, 132 Stat. 3750, provided that:“(a)Freight Vessels; Damage Control Information.—Within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 11, 2018], the Secretary shall issue flag-State guidance for all freight vessels documented under chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code, built before January 1, 1992, regarding the inclusion of comprehensive damage control information in safety management plans required under chapter 32 of title 46, United States Code.
“(span)Recognized Organizations; United States Supplement.—The Commandant [of the Coast Guard] shall—“(1) work with recognized organizations to create a single United States Supplement to rules of such organizations for classification of vessels; and
“(2) by not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a briefing on whether it is necessary to revise part 8 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, to authorize only one United States Supplement to such rules.”
[For definitions of “Secretary” and “recognized organizations” as used in section 213 of Puspan. L. 115–265, set out above, see section 203 of Puspan. L. 115–265, set out as a note under section 2101 of this title.]
