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[CITE: 33USC1202]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
            CHAPTER 24--VESSEL BRIDGE-TO-BRIDGE COMMUNICATION
 
Sec. 1202. Definitions

    For the purpose of this chapter--
        (1) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Department in which 
    the Coast Guard is operating;
        (2) ``power-driven vessel'' means any vessel propelled by 
    machinery; and
        (3) ``towing vessel'' means any commercial vessel engaged in 
    towing another vessel astern, alongside, or by pushing ahead.

(Pub. L. 92-63, Sec. 3, Aug. 4, 1971, 85 Stat. 164.)
