Title 47 — Telecommunications
Part III · Chapter 5 — Wire or Radio Communication
§ 381. Vessels transporting more than six passengers for hire required to be equipped with radiotelephone
Statutory text
Except as provided in section 382 of this title, it shall be unlawful for any vessel of the United States, transporting more than six passengers for hire, to be navigated in the open sea or any tidewater within the jurisdiction of the United States adjacent or contiguous to the open sea, unless such vessel is equipped with an efficient radiotelephone installation in operating condition.
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.
National Health Survey Act
Pub. L. 84–652 · 70 Stat. 489
Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 381
June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 381, as added Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 973, § 1, 70 Stat. 1047
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 381, as added Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 973, § 1, 70 Stat. 1047Pub. L. 103–414 title III § 303(a)(20)(A) · 108 Stat. 4279
Inserted · 47 U.S.C. § 381
Pub. L. 103–414 inserted section catchline
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 103–414 inserted section catchline.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) by inserting before section 381 the following 47 USC 381. heading:
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–414 inserted section catchline.
Statutory Notes
Effective Date
Section 4 of act , provided that: “The amendments made herein [enacting this part and amending sections 153 and 504 of this title] shall take effect .”
Credits
1934–1994 · 2 acts
- 1934June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 381, as added Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 973, § 1, 70 Stat. 1047
- 1994amended Pub. L. 103–414, title III, § 303(a)(20)(A), , 108 Stat. 4295.
Show as published
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 381, as added Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 973, § 1, 70 Stat. 1047; amended Pub. L. 103–414, title III, § 303(a)(20)(A), , 108 Stat. 4295.)