§ 1203. Radiotelephone requirement

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1971

   Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Act

   Pub. L. 92–63 § 4 · 85 Stat. 164

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 1203

   Pub. L. 92–63, § 4, Aug. 4, 1971, 85 Stat. 164

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 92–63, § 4, Aug. 4, 1971, 85 Stat. 164

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in section 7 of this Act— (1) every power-driven vessel of three hundred gross tons and upward while navigating; (2) every vessel of one hundred gross tons and upward carrying one or more passengers for hire while navigating; (3) every towing vessel of twenty-six feet or over in length while navigating; and (4) every dredge and floating plant engaged in or near a channel or fairway in operations likely to restrict or affect navigation of other vessels— shall have a radiotelephone capable of operation from its navigational bridge or, in the case of a dredge, from its main control station and capable of transmitting and receiving on the frequency or frequencies within the 156–162 Mega-Hertz band using the classes of emissions designated by the Federal Communications Commission, after consultation with other cognizant agencies, for the exchange of navigational information. (b) The radiotelephone required by subsection (a) shall be carried on board the described vessels, dredges, and floating plants upon the navigable waters of the United States inside the lines established pursuant to section 2 of the Act of February 19, 1895 (28 Stat. 672), as amended. 33 USC 151.

2. 1991

   Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1991

   Pub. L. 102–241 § 16 · 105 Stat. 2208

   1. Amended · 33 U.S.C. § 1203(a)(1)

      Pub. L. 102–241 amended par. (1) generally

   2. Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 1203(a)(1)

      Pub. L. 102–241 substituting “twenty meters or over in length” for “three hundred gross tons and upward”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102–241 amended par. (1) generally, substituting “twenty meters or over in length” for “three hundred gross tons and upward”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 16. AMENDMENT TO THE VESSEL BRIDGE-TO-BRIDGE RADIO-TELEPHONE ACT OF 1971. Section 4(a)(1) of the Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Act of 1971 (33 U.S.C. 1203(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows: “(1) every power-driven vessel of twenty meters or over in length while navigating;”.

3. 1996

   Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996

   Pub. L. 104–324 title VII § 704 · 110 Stat. 3901

   Inserted · 33 U.S.C. § 1203(a)(2)

   Pub. L. 104–324 inserted “as measured under section 14502 of title 46, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of that title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of that title,” after “one hundred gross tons”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 104–324 inserted “as measured under section 14502 of title 46, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of that title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of that title,” after “one hundred gross tons”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 704. RADIOTELEPHONE REQUIREMENTS. Section 4(a)(2) of the Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Act (33 U.S.C. 1203(a)(2)) is amended by inserting after “one hun-dred gross tons” the following: “as measured under section 14502 of title 46, United States Code, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of that title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of that title,”.

4. 2002

   Coast Guard Personnel and Maritime Safety Act of 2002

   Pub. L. 107–295 title III § 321 · 116 Stat. 2064

   Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 1203(b)

   Pub. L. 107–295 substituted “United States, which includes all waters of the territorial sea of the United States as described in Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988” for “United States inside the lines established pursuant to section 151 of this title”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–295 substituted “United States, which includes all waters of the territorial sea of the United States as described in Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988” for “United States inside the lines established pursuant to section 151 of this title”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 321. EXTENSION OF TERRITORIAL SEA FOR VESSEL BRIDGE-TO-BRIDGE RADIOTELEPHONE ACT. Section 4(b) of the Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Act (33 U.S.C. 1203(b)), is amended by striking “United States inside the lines established pursuant to section 2 of the Act of February 19, 1895 (28 Stat. 672), as amended.” and inserting “United States, which includes all waters of the territorial sea of the United States as described in Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988.”.

5 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision