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[CITE: 46USC3317]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part B--Inspection and Regulation of Vessels
 
                    CHAPTER 33--INSPECTION GENERALLY
 
Sec. 3317. Fees

    (a) The Secretary may prescribe by regulation fees for inspecting or 
examining a small passenger vessel or a sailing school vessel.
    (b) When an inspection or examination under this part of a 
documented vessel or a foreign vessel is conducted at a foreign port or 
place at the request of the owner or managing operator of the vessel, 
the owner or operator shall reimburse the Secretary for the travel and 
subsistence expenses incurred by the personnel assigned to perform the 
inspection or examination. Amounts received as reimbursement for these 
expenses shall be credited to the appropriation for operating expenses 
of the Coast Guard.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 517; Pub. L. 102-587, title V, 
Sec. 5211, Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5076.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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3317..............................  46:390a(b)
                                    46:382b-1
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    Section 3317 provides the regulatory authority for prescribing fees 
for the inspection of small passenger vessels and sailing school 
vessels. Although section 2110 generally prohibits fees of this nature, 
this provision is consistent with the exception that permits specific 
statutory authorization for fee collection. Subsection (b) requires the 
reimbursement of expenses for the conduct of an inspection or 
examination at a foreign port or place when done there for the 
convenience of the owner or operator of the vessel.


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-587 substituted ``under this part of 
a documented vessel or a foreign vessel'' for ``under this chapter of a 
documented vessel''.
