§ 9304. Pilotage pools

Statutory text

The Secretary may authorize the formation of a pool by a voluntary association of United States registered pilots to provide for efficient dispatching of vessels and rendering of pilotage services.

For pilotage pools, the Secretary may—

limit the number of the pools;

prescribe regulations for their operation and administration;

prescribe a uniform system of accounts;

perform audits and inspections; and

require coordination on a reciprocal basis with similar pool arrangements authorized by the appropriate agency of Canada.

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.

1983
Pub. L. 98–89 · 97 Stat. 500
Enacted · 46 U.S.C. § 9304
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 559.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 559.)

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Notes

historicalAndRevision

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised section	Source section (U.S. Code)
9304	46:216b(e)

Section 9304 provides for the formation of a pool by a voluntary association of United States registered pilots to provide for efficient pilotage services.

Subsection (a) permits the Secretary to authorize formation of United States pilotage pools.

Subsection (b) sets forth the restrictions and conditions that the Secretary may prescribe for these pools.

Credits

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 559.)