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[CITE: 46USC12119]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                    Part H--Identification of Vessels
 
                  CHAPTER 121--DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS
 
Sec. 12119. List of documented vessels

    The Secretary of Transportation shall publish periodically a list of 
all documented vessels and information about those vessels that the 
Secretary considers pertinent or useful. The list shall contain a 
notation clearly indicating all vessels classed by the American Bureau 
of Shipping.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 589; Pub. L. 100-710, title I, 
Sec. 104(a)(4), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4750.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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12119.............................  46:65s
                                    46:881
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    Section 12119 requires the Secretary to publish a list of all 
documented vessels and pertinent and useful information about the 
vessels, including a notation of which vessels are classed by the 
American Bureau of Shipping.


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-710 inserted ``of Transportation'' after first 
reference to ``Secretary''.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-710 effective Jan. 1, 1989, with certain 
exceptions and qualifications, see section 107 of Pub. L. 100-710, set 
out as an Effective Date note under section 30101 of this title.
