Section was comprised of section 8 of act Mar. 8, 1946, ch. 82, 60 Stat. 45, as amended. Subsections (a) to (c) of section 8 of act Mar. 8, 1946, were repealed by Pub. L. 101–225, title III, § 307(12), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1925. Subsection (d) of section 8 of act Mar. 8, 1946, was redesignated as and transferred to section 56308 of Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3502(a)(2), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1910.

Section was formerly classified to section 1741 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.