2011 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle VII - Security and Drug Enforcement (§§ 70101 - 70508)
Chapter 703 - MARITIME SECURITY (§§ 70301 - 70306)
Section 70301 - Definitions

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 46 - SHIPPING
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 46 - SHIPPING
Subtitle VII - Security and Drug Enforcement
CHAPTER 703 - MARITIME SECURITY
Sec. 70301 - Definitions
Containssection 70301
Date2011
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 3, 2012
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 109-304, §10(2), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1683.
Statutes at Large References100 Stat. 892
116 Stat. 2249
120 Stat. 1683
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 99-399, Public Law 107-296, Public Law 109-304

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46 USC § 70301 (2011)
§70301. Definitions

In this chapter:

(1) Common carrier.—The term “common carrier” has the meaning given that term in section 40102 of this title.

(2) Passenger vessel.—The term “passenger vessel” has the meaning given that term in section 2101 of this title.

(3) Secretary.—The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating.

(Pub. L. 109–304, §10(2), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1683.)

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Source (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
70301 46 App.:1807. Pub. L. 99–399, title IX, §911, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 892.

In paragraph (2), the term “vessel of the United States” is omitted because the definition of that term in 46 U.S.C. 2101 is being moved to chapter 1 of the revised title and will apply generally throughout the title.

In paragraph (3), the definition of “Secretary” is new. The functions of the Secretary of Transportation under this chapter were carried out by the Coast Guard, and its functions have been transferred to the Department of Homeland Security (except when operating as a service in the Navy) by section 888 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–296, 116 Stat. 2249).

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