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Title 46 — Shipping

Part F · Chapter 93 — Great Lakes Pilotage

§ 9306. State regulation prohibited

Statutory text

A State or political subdivision of a State may not regulate or impose any requirement on pilotage on the Great Lakes.

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. Pub. L. 98–89 · 97 Stat. 500

    Enacted · 46 U.S.C. § 9306

    (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

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code)
930646:216g

Section 9306 prohibits State or local regulations of pilotage on the Great Lakes and is part of the exception provided by law envisioned under section 8501(a).

Credits

(Pub. L. 98–89, , 97 Stat. 559.)

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