§ 2071. Inland navigation rules

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. 1980

   Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980

   Pub. L. 96–591 § 3 · 94 Stat. 3415

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 2071

   Pub. L. 96–591, § 3, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3433

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 96–591, § 3, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3433

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. The Secretary may issue regulations necessary to implement Regulations. 33 USC 2071. and interpret this Act. The Secretary shall establish the following technical annexes to these Rules: Annex I, Positioning and Technical Details of Lights and Shapes; Annex II, Additional Signals for Fishing Vessels Fishing in Close Proximity; Annex III, Technical Details of Sound Appliances; and Annex IV, Distress Signals. These annexes shall be as consistent as possible with the respective annexes to the International Regulations. The Secretary may establish other technical annexes, including local pilot rules.

2. 2004

   Pub. L. 108–293 title III § 303(b) · 118 Stat. 1028

   Amended · 33 U.S.C. § 2071

   Pub. L. 108–293 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary may issue regulations necessary to implement and interpret this chapter. The Secretary shall establish the following technical annexes to these Rules: Annex I, Positioning and Technical Details of Lights and Shapes; Annex II, Additional Signals for Fishing Vessels Fishing in Close Proximity; Annex III, Technical Details of Sound Appliances; and Annex IV, Distress Signals. These annexes shall be as consistent as possible with the respective annexes to the International Regulations. The Secretary may establish other technical annexes, including local pilot rules.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 108–293 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary may issue regulations necessary to implement and interpret this chapter. The Secretary shall establish the following technical annexes to these Rules: Annex I, Positioning and Technical Details of Lights and Shapes; Annex II, Additional Signals for Fishing Vessels Fishing in Close Proximity; Annex III, Technical Details of Sound Appliances; and Annex IV, Distress Signals. These annexes shall be as consistent as possible with the respective annexes to the International Regulations. The Secretary may establish other technical annexes, including local pilot rules.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Authority To Issue Regulations.— Section 3 of the Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980 33 USC 2071. (33 U.S.C. 2001) is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 3. INLAND NAVIGATION RULES.   “The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating may issue inland navigation regulations applicable to all vessels upon the inland waters of the United States and technical annexes that are as consistent as possible with the respective annexes to the International Regulations.” .

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