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[CITE: 46USC12120]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                    Part H--Identification of Vessels
 
                  CHAPTER 121--DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS
 
Sec. 12120. Reports

    To ensure compliance with this chapter and laws governing the 
qualifications of vessels to engage in the coastwise trade and the 
fisheries, the Secretary of Transportation may require owners and 
masters of documented vessels to submit reports in any reasonable form 
and manner the Secretary may prescribe.

(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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12120.............................  46:65t
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    Section 12120 authorizes the Secretary to require masters and owners 
of documented vessels to submit reports to ensure compliance with this 
chapter and with the laws governing the qualifications required of 
vessels engaging in the coastwise trade and fisheries. These reports are 
for keeping the vessel data current and certificates of documentation up 
to date.


                               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.
