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[CITE: 46USC2109]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                       Part A--General Provisions
 
                           CHAPTER 21--GENERAL
 
Sec. 2109. Public vessels

    Except as otherwise provided, this subtitle does not apply to a 
public vessel of the United States. However, this subtitle does apply to 
a vessel (except a Coast Guard or a Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation vessel) owned or operated by the Department of 
Transportation or by any corporation organized or controlled by the 
Department.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 507; Pub. L. 99-509, title V, 
Sec. 5102(b)(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1927.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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2109..............................  46:362
                                    46:363
                                    46:391a(4)
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    Section 2109 exempts public vessels from the applicability of the 
maritime safety and seamen's welfare laws of this subtitle although some 
public vessels are inspected under interagency voluntary agreements.


                               Amendments

    1986--Pub. L. 99-509 substituted ``Except as otherwise provided, 
this'' for ``This''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 50 App. section 1744.
