§ 1605. Navy and Coast Guard vessels of special construction or purpose

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. 1977

   International Navigational Rules Act of 1977

   Pub. L. 95–75 § 6 · 91 Stat. 308

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 1605

   Pub. L. 95–75, § 6, July 27, 1977, 91 Stat. 309

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 95–75, § 6, July 27, 1977, 91 Stat. 309

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 6. (a) Any requirement of the International Regulations with Certain Navy and Coast Guard vessels, exemption. 33 USC 1605. respect to the number, position, range, or arc of visibility of lights, with respect to shapes, or with respect to the disposition and characteristics of sound-signaling appliances, shall not be applicable to a vessel of special construction or purpose, whenever the Secretary of the Navy, for any vessel of the Navy, or the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, for any other vessel of the United States, shall certify that the vessel cannot comply fully with that requirement without interfering with the special function of the vessel. (b) Whenever a certification is issued under the authority of subsection (a) hereof, the vessel involved shall comply with the requirement as to which the certification is made to the extent that the Secretary issuing the certification shall certify as the closest possible compliance by that vessel. (c) Notice of the certifications issued pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) hereof shall be published in the Federal Register.

2. 1980

   Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980

   Pub. L. 96–591 § 6(2) · 94 Stat. 3415

   Added · 33 U.S.C. § 1605(d)

   Pub. L. 96–591 added subsec. (d)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96–591 added subsec. (d).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) in section 6, by adding a new subsection (d) as follows: “(d) A certification authorized by this section may be issued for a class of vessels.”;

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