Federal

Title 46 — Shipping

1,032 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 8104 — Watches
• § 8105 — Fishing vessel exemption
• § 8106 — Riding gangs
• § 8107 — Use of force against piracy
• § 8108 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–282, title VI, § 601(c)(3)(A) , Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4289 ]
• § 8301 — Minimum number of licensed individuals
• § 8302 — Staff department
• § 8303 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8503(a)(1), Jan. 1, 2021 , 134 Stat. 4747 ]
• § 8304 — Implementing the Officers’ Competency Certificates Convention, 1936
• § 8501 — State regulation of pilots
• § 8502 — Federal pilots required
• § 8503 — Federal pilots authorized
• § 8701 — Merchant mariners’ documents required
• § 8702 — Certain crew requirements
• § 8703 — Tankermen on tank vessels
• § 8704 — Alien deemed to be employed in the United States
• § 8901 — Freight vessels
• § 8902 — Small passenger vessels
• § 8903 — Self-propelled, uninspected passenger vessels
• § 8904 — Towing vessels
• § 8905 — Exemptions
• § 8906 — Penalty
• § 9101 — Standards for foreign tank vessels
• § 9102 — Standards for tank vessels of the United States
• § 9301 — Definitions
• § 9302 — Great Lakes pilots required
• § 9303 — United States registered pilot service
• § 9304 — Pilotage pools
• § 9305 — Agreements with Canada
• § 9306 — State regulation prohibited
• § 9307 — Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee
• § 9308 — Penalties