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[CITE: 33USC1201]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
            CHAPTER 24--VESSEL BRIDGE-TO-BRIDGE COMMUNICATION
 
Sec. 1201. Statement of purpose

    It is the purpose of this chapter to provide a positive means 
whereby the operators of approaching vessels can communicate their 
intentions to one another through voice radio, located convenient to the 
operator's navigation station. To effectively accomplish this, there is 
need for a specific frequency or frequencies dedicated to the exchange 
of navigational information, on navigable waters of the United States.

(Pub. L. 92-63, Sec. 2, Aug. 4, 1971, 85 Stat. 164.)


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 92-63 provided: ``That this Act [enacting this 
chapter] may be cited as the `Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone 
Act'.''


                             Effective Date

    Section 10 of Pub. L. 92-63 provided that: ``This Act [enacting this 
chapter] shall become effective May 1, 1971, or six months after the 
promulgation of regulations which would implement its provisions, 
whichever is later.'' See 47 CFR 83.701 et seq.
