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[CITE: 47USC360]

 
          TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
 
                 CHAPTER 5--WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION
 
          SUBCHAPTER III--SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO
 
       Part II--Radio Equipment and Radio Operators On Board Ship
 
Sec. 360. Station licenses; inspection of equipment by 
        Commission
        
    (a) In addition to any other provisions required to be included in a 
radio station license, the station license of each ship of the United 
States subject to this subchapter shall include particulars with 
reference to the items specifically required by this subchapter.
    (b) Every ship of the United States that is subject to this part 
shall have the equipment and apparatus prescribed therein inspected at 
least once each year by the Commission or an entity designated by the 
Commission. If, after such inspection, the Commission is satisfied that 
all relevant provisions of this chapter and the station license have 
been complied with, the fact shall be so certified on the station 
license by the Commission. The Commission shall make such additional 
inspections at frequent intervals as the Commission determines may be 
necessary to ensure compliance with the requirements of this chapter. 
The Commission may, upon a finding that the public interest could be 
served thereby--
        (1) waive the annual inspection required under this section for 
    a period of up to 90 days for the sole purpose of enabling a vessel 
    to complete its voyage and proceed to a port in the United States 
    where an inspection can be held; or
        (2) waive the annual inspection required under this section for 
    a vessel that is in compliance with the radio provisions of the 
    Safety Convention and that is operating solely in waters beyond the 
    jurisdiction of the United States: Provided, That such inspection 
    shall be performed within 30 days of such vessel's return to the 
    United States.

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, Sec. 362, formerly Sec. 360, as 
added May 20, 1937, ch. 229, Sec. 10(b), 50 Stat. 196; renumbered 
Sec. 362, Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 729, Sec. 2(a)(1), 68 Stat. 706; amended 
Pub. L. 87-811, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 922; Pub. L. 104-104, title IV, 
Sec. 403(n), Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 132.)

                       References in Text

    This part, referred to in subsec. (b), commences with section 351 of 
this title.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-104 amended subsec. (b) generally, 
revising structure of subsec. so as to contain 2 pars. and adding 
provisions relating to inspection by an entity designated by Commission, 
waiver of inspection for up to 90 days, and waiver for vessels in 
compliance with radio provisions of Safety Convention that are outside 
the jurisdiction of the United States.
    1962--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87-811 empowered the Commission to waive 
the annual inspection from the time of first arrival at a United States 
port from a foreign port, for the sole purpose of enabling the vessel to 
proceed coastwise to another port in the United States where an 
inspection can be held, and limiting such waiver to not more than a 
period of 30 days.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective May 20, 1937, see section 16 of act May 20, 1937, 
set out as a note under section 351 of this title.
