§ 353a. Operators and watches on radiotelephone equipped ships

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. 1934

   Pub. L. 83–652 · 68 Stat. 790

   Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 353a

   June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 354, as added Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 729, § 2(b), 68 Stat. 706

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 354, as added Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 729, § 2(b), 68 Stat. 706

2. 1965

   Pub. L. 89–121 § 5 · 79 Stat. 511

   1. Substituted · 47 U.S.C. § 353a

      Pub. L. 89–121 substituted “radiotelephone station” for “radiotelephone installation”

   2. Substituted · 47 U.S.C. § 353a

      Pub. L. 89–121 substituted “one operator who may be the master, an officer, or a member of the crew” for “one qualified operator who may be a member of the crew holding only a certificate for radio telephony”

   3. Inserted · 47 U.S.C. § 353a

      Pub. L. 89–121 inserted “in the open sea” before “outside of a harbor”, and required a continuous watch whenever the station is not being used for authorized traffic

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 89–121 substituted “radiotelephone station” for “radiotelephone installation” in two places, and “one operator who may be the master, an officer, or a member of the crew” for “one qualified operator who may be a member of the crew holding only a certificate for radio telephony”, inserted “in the open sea” before “outside of a harbor”, and required a continuous watch whenever the station is not being used for authorized traffic.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. Section 354 of the Communications Act of 1934 is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 354. “operators, watches—radiotelephone equipped ships (a) Each cargo ship which in accordance with this part is equipped with a radiotelephone station shall, for safety purposes, carry at least one operator who may be the master, an officer, or a member of the crew. “(b) Each cargo ship of the United States which in accordance with this part is equipped with a radiotelephone station shall, while being navigated in the open sea outside of a harbor or port, maintain continuous watch whenever the station is not being used for authorized traffic.”

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