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[CITE: 46USC4501]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part B--Inspection and Regulation of Vessels
 
       CHAPTER 45--UNINSPECTED COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY VESSELS
 
Sec. 4501. Application

    (a) This chapter applies to an uninspected vessel which is a fishing 
vessel, fish processing vessel, or fish tender vessel.
    (b) This chapter does not apply to the carriage of bulk dangerous 
cargoes regulated under chapter 37 of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 98-364, title IV, Sec. 402(7)(C), July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 
446; amended Pub. L. 100-424, Sec. 2(a), Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1585.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-424 amended section generally, in subsec. (a) 
substituting provisions which related to uninspected fish processing 
vessel entered into service after Dec. 31, 1987, having more than 16 
individuals on board primarily employed in preparation of fish on 
navigable waters of United States or owned in United States and 
operating on high seas, for provisions which related to uninspected 
fishing vessel, fish processing vessel, or fish tender vessel, and in 
subsec. (b) substituting ``carriage of bulk'' for ``carriage of liquid 
bulk''.


    Foreign Built Vessels, Equivalent Compliance Until July 28, 1990

    Section 7 of Pub. L. 100-424 provided that: ``Until July 28, 1990, a 
foreign built fish processing vessel subject to chapter 45 of title 46, 
United States Code, is deemed to comply with the requirements of that 
chapter if--
        ``(1) it has an unexpired certificate of inspection issued by a 
    foreign country that is a party to an International Convention for 
    Safety of Life at Sea to which the United States Government is a 
    party; and
        ``(2) it is in compliance with the safety requirements of that 
    foreign country that apply to that vessel.''
