{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-39.5","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 39.5","heading":"To whom do the provisions of this part apply?","body":"(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or (c) of this section, this Part applies to you if you are the owner or operator of any passenger vessel, and you are:\n(1) A public entity that provides designated public transportation; or\n(2) A private entity primarily engaged in the business of transporting people whose operations affect commerce and that provides specified public transportation;\n(b) If you are the PVO of a foreign-flag passenger vessel, this Part applies to you only if your vessel picks up passengers at a port in the United States, its territories, possessions, or commonwealths.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Transportation","PART 39—TRANSPORTATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES: PASSENGER VESSELS","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"ce69b3148a8901a763347d8ca0c80b9d340f200982004431acd33f12e3114c9a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-39.3","next":"us/49-cfr-39.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}