§ 386. Forfeitures

Statutory text

The following forfeitures shall apply to this part in addition to penalties and forfeitures provided by subchapter V of this chapter:

Any vessel of the United States that is navigated in violation of the provisions of this part or of the rules and regulations of the Commission made in pursuance thereof shall forfeit to the United States the sum of $5,000 recoverable by way of suit or libel. Each day during which such navigation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.

Every willful failure on the part of the master of a vessel of the United States to enforce or to comply with the provisions of this part or the rules and regulations of the Commission made in pursuance thereof shall cause him to forfeit to the United States the sum of $1,000.

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.

1934
National Health Survey Act
Pub. L. 84–652 · 70 Stat. 489
Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 386
June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 386, as added Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 973, § 1, 70 Stat. 1048
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 386, as added Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 973, § 1, 70 Stat. 1048
1989
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989
Pub. L. 101–239 § 3002(h)(1) · 103 Stat. 2106
Substituted · 47 U.S.C. § 386(a)
Pub. L. 101–239, § 3002(h)(1), substituted “$5,000” for “$500”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–239, § 3002(h)(1), substituted “$5,000” for “$500”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) by striking “$500” in subsection (a) and inserting “$5,000”; and
1989
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989
Pub. L. 101–239 § 3002(h)(2) · 103 Stat. 2106
Substituted · 47 U.S.C. § 386(b)
Pub. L. 101–239, § 3002(h)(2), substituted “$1,000” for “$100”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–239, § 3002(h)(2), substituted “$1,000” for “$100”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) by striking “$100” in subsection (b) and inserting “$1,000”.
1994
Pub. L. 103–414 title III § 303(a)(20)(F) · 108 Stat. 4279
Inserted · 47 U.S.C. § 386
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
(F) by inserting before section 386 the following 47 USC 386. heading:

3 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1989–1994 · 2 rounds

1994

Pub. L. 103–414 inserted section catchline.

1989

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–239, § 3002(h)(1), substituted “$5,000” for “$500”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–239, § 3002(h)(2), substituted “$1,000” for “$100”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Mar. 1, 1957, see section 4 of act Aug. 6, 1956, set out as a note under section 381 of this title.

Credits

1934–1994 · 3 acts

1934June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 386, as added Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 973, § 1, 70 Stat. 1048
1989amended Pub. L. 101–239, title III, § 3002(h), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2131
1994Pub. L. 103–414, title III, § 303(a)(20)(F), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4295.

Show as published

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 386, as added Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 973, § 1, 70 Stat. 1048; amended Pub. L. 101–239, title III, § 3002(h), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2131; Pub. L. 103–414, title III, § 303(a)(20)(F), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4295.)