2022—Subsec. (a)(5) to (8). Pub. L. 117–263, § 11610(a)(1), added pars. (5) and (6) and redesignated former pars. (5) and (6) as (7) and (8), respectively.
Subsecs. (b) to (e). Pub. L. 117–263, § 11610(a)(2), (3), added subsecs. (b) and (c) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (d) and (e), respectively.
2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283 inserted “(including, for purposes of this section, all covered small passenger vessels, as defined in section 3306(n)(5))” after “vessels to which this chapter applies” in introductory provisions.
2010—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–281 added subsec. (c).
2004—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–293 substituted “vessels to which this chapter applies under section 3202(a) of this title” for “vessels engaged on a foreign voyage”.
Pub. L. 115–265, title II, § 213, “(a) Within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act [“(b) The Commandant [of the Coast Guard] shall—“(1) work with recognized organizations to create a single United States Supplement to rules of such organizations for classification of vessels; and“(2) by not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a briefing on whether it is necessary to revise part 8 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, to authorize only one United States Supplement to such rules.”
[For definitions of “Secretary” and “recognized organizations” as used in section 213 of Pub. L. 115–265, set out above, see section 203 of Pub. L. 115–265, set out as a note under section 2101 of this title.]