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[CITE: 33USC1606]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
 CHAPTER 30--INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA
 
Sec. 1606. Special rules for ships of war, vessels proceeding 
        under convoy, and fishing vessels engaged in fishing as a fleet
        
    (a) The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to promulgate special 
rules with respect to additional station or signal lights or whistle 
signals for ships of war or vessels proceeding under convoy, and the 
Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating is 
authorized to promulgate special rules with respect to additional 
station or signal lights for fishing vessels engaged in fishing as a 
fleet.
    (b) The additional station or signal lights or whistle signals 
contained in the special rules authorized under subsection (a) of this 
section shall be, as far as possible, such that they cannot be mistaken 
for any light or signal authorized by the International Regulations. 
Notice of such special rules shall be published in the Federal Register 
and, after the effective date specified in such notice, they shall have 
effect as if they were a part of the International Regulations.

(Pub. L. 95-75, Sec. 7, July 27, 1977, 91 Stat. 310.)
