Title 46 — Shipping
Part D · Chapter 63 — Investigating Marine Casualties
§ 6307. Notifications to Congress
Statutory text
The Secretary shall notify the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives of any hearing, before the hearing occurs, investigating a major marine casualty involving a death under section 6301 of this title.
The Secretary shall submit to a committee referred to in subsection (a) of this section information on a major marine casualty that is requested by that committee or the chairman of the committee if the submission of that information is not prohibited by a law of the United States.
The Secretary shall submit annually to Congress a summary of the marine casualties reported during the prior fiscal year, together with a brief statement of action taken concerning those casualties.
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.
Pub. L. 98–89 · 97 Stat. 500
Enacted · 46 U.S.C. § 6307
Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 538
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 538Omnibus Maritime and Coast Guard Improvements Act of 2002
Pub. L. 107–295 title IV § 408(c)(1) · 116 Stat. 2064
Substituted · 46 U.S.C. § 6307(a)
Pub. L. 107–295 substituted “Transportation and Infrastructure” for “Merchant Marine and Fisheries”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–295 substituted “Transportation and Infrastructure” for “Merchant Marine and Fisheries”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Section 6307(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking “Merchant Marine and Fisheries” and inserting “Transportation and Infrastructure”.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | |
|---|---|
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 6307 | 46:239(j)33:366 |
Subsection (a) requires the Secretary to notify the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee and the Senate Commerce Committee in advance of any hearing concerning a major marine accident (as defined by regulation) where there has been a loss of life.
Subsection (b) requires the Coast Guard to supply the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee and the Senate Commerce Committee with any requested marine casualty information, if its release is not specifically prohibited by law.
Subsection (c) requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress summarizing the marine casualties reported during the prior fiscal year, with a brief statement of action taken concerning those casualties.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–295 substituted “Transportation and Infrastructure” for “Merchant Marine and Fisheries”.
Credits
1983–2002 · 2 acts
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(Pub. L. 98–89, , 97 Stat. 538; Pub. L. 107–295, title IV, § 408(c)(1), , 116 Stat. 2117.)