2018 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen
Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
Chapter 113 - Official Logbooks
Sec. 11304 - Additional logbook and entry requirements
| 46 U.S.C. § 11304 (2018) |
| §11304. Additional logbook and entry requirements |
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(a) A vessel of the United States that is subject to inspection under section 3301 of this title, except a vessel on a voyage from a port in the United States to a port in Canada, shall have a logbook, which may be in any form, including electronic, and shall be kept available for review by the Secretary on request. (b) The logbook required by subsection (a) shall include the following entries: (1) The time when each seaman and each officer assumed or relieved the watch. (2) The number of hours in service to the vessels of each seaman and each officer. (3) Each illness of, and injury to, a seaman of the vessel, the nature of the illness or injury, and the medical treatment provided for the injury or illness. |
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(Added Pub. L. 111–281, title VI, §607(a), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2967; amended Pub. L. 115–282, title V, §511, Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4274.) |
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AMENDMENTS
2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–282, §511(a)(1), substituted "a logbook, which may be in any form, including electronic, and" for "an official logbook, which". Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–282, §511(b), which directed amendment of section 11304(b), without specifying the title to be amended, by substituting "logbook" for "log book", was executed to this section in the introductory provisions of subsec. (b), to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 115–282, §511(a)(2), amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: "An account of each accident, illness, and injury that occurs during each watch." |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 46 - SHIPPING |
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| United States Code |
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| Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief CHAPTER 113 - OFFICIAL LOGBOOKS Sec. 11304 - Additional logbook and entry requirements |
| section 11304 |
| 2018 |
| January 14, 2019 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 124 Stat. 2967 132 Stat. 4274 |
| Public Law 111-281, Public Law 115-282 |
