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- 46 U.S.C. § 5101 · Definitions
- 46 U.S.C. § 5102 · Application
- 46 U.S.C. § 5103 · Load line requirements
- 46 U.S.C. § 5104 · Assignment of load lines
- 46 U.S.C. § 5105 · Load line surveys
- 46 U.S.C. § 5106 · Load line certificate
- 46 U.S.C. § 5107 · Delegation of authority
- 46 U.S.C. § 5108 · Special exemptions
- 46 U.S.C. § 5109 · Reciprocity for foreign vessels
- 46 U.S.C. § 5110 · Submersible vessels
- 46 U.S.C. § 5111 · Providing loading information
- 46 U.S.C. § 5112 · Loading restrictions
- 46 U.S.C. § 5113 · Detention of vessels
- 46 U.S.C. § 5114 · Use of Customs Service officers and employees for enforcement
- 46 U.S.C. § 5115 · [Repealed. Pub. L. 101–595, title VI, § 603(5)(A), Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2993]
- 46 U.S.C. § 5116 · Penalties
- 46 U.S.C. § 6101 · Marine casualties and reporting
- 46 U.S.C. § 6102 · State marine casualty reporting system
- 46 U.S.C. § 6103 · Penalty
- 46 U.S.C. § 6104 · Commercial fishing industry vessel casualty statistics
- 46 U.S.C. § 6301 · Investigation of marine casualties
- 46 U.S.C. § 6302 · Public investigations
- 46 U.S.C. § 6303 · Rights of parties in interest
- 46 U.S.C. § 6304 · Subpoena authority
- 46 U.S.C. § 6305 · Reports of investigations
- 46 U.S.C. § 6306 · Penalty
- 46 U.S.C. § 6307 · Notifications to Congress
- 46 U.S.C. § 6308 · Information barred in legal proceedings
- 46 U.S.C. § 6309 · Voyage data recorder access
- 46 U.S.C. § 7101 · Issuing and classifying licenses and certificates of registry
- 46 U.S.C. § 7102 · Citizenship or noncitizen nationality
- 46 U.S.C. § 7103 · Licenses for radio officers
- 46 U.S.C. § 7104 · Certificates for medical doctors and nurses
- 46 U.S.C. § 7105 · Oaths
- 46 U.S.C. § 7106 · Duration of licenses
- 46 U.S.C. § 7107 · Duration of certificates of registry
- 46 U.S.C. § 7108 · Termination of licenses and certificates of registry
- 46 U.S.C. § 7109 · Review of criminal records
- 46 U.S.C. § 7110 · Exhibiting licenses
- 46 U.S.C. § 7111 · Oral examinations for licenses
- 46 U.S.C. § 7112 · Licenses of masters or mates as pilots
- 46 U.S.C. § 7113 · Exemption from draft
- 46 U.S.C. § 7114 · Fees
- 46 U.S.C. § 7115 · [Repealed. Pub. L. 115–282, title VI, § 601(c)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4289]
- 46 U.S.C. § 7116 · Examinations for merchant mariner credentials
- 46 U.S.C. § 7301 · General
- 46 U.S.C. § 7302 · Issuing merchant mariners’ documents and continuous discharge books
- 46 U.S.C. § 7303 · Possession and description of merchant mariners’ documents
- 46 U.S.C. § 7304 · Citizenship or noncitizen nationality notation on merchant mariners’ documents
- 46 U.S.C. § 7305 · Oaths for holders of merchant mariners’ documents
- 46 U.S.C. § 7306 · General requirements and classifications for members of deck departments
- 46 U.S.C. § 7307 · Able seamen—unlimited
- 46 U.S.C. § 7308 · Able seamen—limited
- 46 U.S.C. § 7309 · Able seamen—special
- 46 U.S.C. § 7310 · Able seamen—offshore supply vessels
- 46 U.S.C. § 7311 · Able seamen—sail
- 46 U.S.C. § 7311a · Able seamen—fishing industry
- 46 U.S.C. § 7312 · Scale of employment
- 46 U.S.C. § 7313 · General requirements for members of engine departments
- 46 U.S.C. § 7314 · [Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXIII, § 7301(f), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1755]
- 46 U.S.C. § 7315 · Training
- 46 U.S.C. § 7316 · Lifeboatmen
- 46 U.S.C. § 7317 · Tankermen
- 46 U.S.C. § 7318 · Radiotelegraph operators on Great Lakes
- 46 U.S.C. § 7319 · Records of merchant mariners’ documents
- 46 U.S.C. § 7501 · Duplicates
- 46 U.S.C. § 7502 · Records
- 46 U.S.C. § 7503 · Dangerous drugs as grounds for denial
- 46 U.S.C. § 7504 · Travel and expense reimbursement
- 46 U.S.C. § 7505 · Review of information in National Driver Register
- 46 U.S.C. § 7506 · Convention tonnage for licenses, certificates, and documents
- 46 U.S.C. § 7507 · Authority to extend the duration of licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariner documents
- 46 U.S.C. § 7508 · Authority to extend the duration of medical certificates
- 46 U.S.C. § 7509 · Medical certification by trusted agents
- 46 U.S.C. § 7510 · Examinations for merchant mariner credentials
- 46 U.S.C. § 7511 · Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial
- 46 U.S.C. § 7512 · Requirements of electronic merchant mariner credentialing system
- 46 U.S.C. § 7701 · General
- 46 U.S.C. § 7702 · Administrative procedure
- 46 U.S.C. § 7703 · Bases for suspension or revocation
- 46 U.S.C. § 7704 · Dangerous drugs as grounds for revocation
- 46 U.S.C. § 7704a · Sexual harassment or sexual assault as grounds for suspension or revocation
- 46 U.S.C. § 7705 · Subpenas and oaths
- 46 U.S.C. § 7706 · Drug testing reporting
- 46 U.S.C. § 8101 · Complement of inspected vessels
- 46 U.S.C. § 8102 · Watchmen
- 46 U.S.C. § 8103 · Citizenship or noncitizen nationality and Navy Reserve requirements
- 46 U.S.C. § 8104 · Watches
- 46 U.S.C. § 8105 · Fishing vessel exemption
- 46 U.S.C. § 8106 · Riding gangs
- 46 U.S.C. § 8107 · Use of force against piracy
- 46 U.S.C. § 8108 · [Repealed. Pub. L. 115–282, title VI, § 601(c)(3)(A), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4289]
- 46 U.S.C. § 8301 · Minimum number of licensed individuals
- 46 U.S.C. § 8302 · Staff department
- 46 U.S.C. § 8303 · [Repealed. Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8503(a)(1), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4747]
- 46 U.S.C. § 8304 · Implementing the Officers’ Competency Certificates Convention, 1936
- 46 U.S.C. § 8501 · State regulation of pilots
- 46 U.S.C. § 8502 · Federal pilots required
- 46 U.S.C. § 8503 · Federal pilots authorized
- 46 U.S.C. § 8701 · Merchant mariners’ documents required