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[CITE: 46USC12504]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                    Part H--Identification of Vessels
 
                CHAPTER 125--VESSEL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
 
Sec. 12504. Information available from the system

    For law enforcement or other purposes and under conditions 
prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary--
        (1) shall make available information in the vessel 
    identification system to a State making information available under 
    section 12503(a) of this title; and
        (2) may make available information in the vessel identification 
    system to others.

(Pub. L. 100-710, title I, Sec. 101(a), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4736; 
Pub. L. 101-225, title III, Sec. 302(3), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1923.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section 12504
    This section requires that the Secretary make available information 
maintained in the vessel identification system to a State participating 
in the system for law enforcement or other purposes. The Secretary may 
make available information in the system to others, under conditions the 
Secretary may prescribe. At first, the Secretary may elect to deal only 
with the States. However, the Committee firmly expects that information 
will be made available through computer terminals in satellite offices 
or direct computer access by modem. In this manner, boating 
organizations or financial or documentation services could retrieve data 
without paper transactions for a fee.


                               Amendments

    1989--Pub. L. 101-225 substituted ``Secretary of Transportation, the 
Secretary'' for ``Secretary, the Secretary of Transportation''.
