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[CITE: 46USC12506]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                    Part H--Identification of Vessels
 
                CHAPTER 125--VESSEL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
 
Sec. 12506. Delegation of authority

    The Secretary of Transportation may delegate to an agency, a State, 
or a qualified person the authority to--
        (1) establish and maintain the vessel identification system; and
        (2) charge fees under section 12505 of this title to a person 
    making information available to or requesting information from the 
    vessel identification system.

(Pub. L. 100-710, title I, Sec. 101(a), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4737.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section 12506
    This section allows the Secretary to delegate the authority to 
establish and maintain the vessel identification system to an agency, a 
State, or a qualified person. The Secretary may also delegate the 
authority to charge fees under section 12505 for requesting information 
from or making information available to the vessel identification 
system.
