§ 12301. Numbering vessels

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. 1983

   Pub. L. 98–89 · 97 Stat. 500

   Enacted · 46 U.S.C. § 12301

   Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 590

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 590

2. 1992

   Abandoned Barge Act of 1992

   Pub. L. 102–587 title V § 5305 · 106 Stat. 5039

   1. Amended · 46 U.S.C. § 12301

      Pub. L. 102–587 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

   2. Added · 46 U.S.C. § 12301

      Pub. L. 102–587 added subsec. (b)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 102–587 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 5305. NUMBERING OF BARGES. Section 12301 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting “(a)” before “An undocumented vessel”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(b) The Secretary shall require an undocumented barge more than 100 gross tons operating on the navigable waters of the United States to be numbered.”.

3. 2018

   Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018

   Pub. L. 115–282 title V § 513 · 132 Stat. 4192

   1. Substituted · 46 U.S.C. § 12301(b)

      Pub. L. 115–282 substituted “may” for “shall”

   2. Inserted · 46 U.S.C. § 12301(b)

      Pub. L. 115–282 inserted “of” after “barge”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–282 substituted “may” for “shall” and inserted “of” after “barge”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 513. NUMBERING FOR UNDOCUMENTED BARGES.   Section 12301(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “shall” and inserting “may”; and (2) by inserting “of” after “barge”.

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