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[CITE: 46USC6307]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                        Part D--Marine Casualties
 
               CHAPTER 63--INVESTIGATING MARINE CASUALTIES
 
Sec. 6307. Notifications to Congress

    (a) The Secretary shall notify the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Merchant Marine 
and Fisheries of the House of Representatives of any hearing, before the 
hearing occurs, investigating a major marine casualty involving a death 
under section 6301 of this title.
    (b) The Secretary shall submit to a committee referred to in 
subsection (a) of this section information on a major marine casualty 
that is requested by that committee or the chairman of the committee if 
the submission of that information is not prohibited by a law of the 
United States.
    (c) The Secretary shall submit annually to Congress a summary of the 
marine casualties reported during the prior fiscal year, together with a 
brief statement of action taken concerning those casualties.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 538.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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6307..............................  46:239(j)
                                    33:366
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    Subsection (a) requires the Secretary to notify the Merchant Marine 
and Fisheries Committee and the Senate Commerce Committee in advance of 
any hearing concerning a major marine accident (as defined by 
regulation) where there has been a loss of life.
    Subsection (b) requires the Coast Guard to supply the Merchant 
Marine and Fisheries Committee and the Senate Commerce Committee with 
any requested marine casualty information, if its release is not 
specifically prohibited by law.
    Subsection (c) requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to 
Congress summarizing the marine casualties reported during the prior 
fiscal year, with a brief statement of action taken concerning those 
casualties.

      Abolition of House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

    Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of House of 
Representatives abolished and its jurisdiction transferred by House 
Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Jan. 4, 1995. For 
treatment of references to Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 
see section 1(b)(3) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding 
section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
