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33 U.S.C. § 152 — Regulation of length of towlines
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The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall prepare regulations limiting the length of hawsers between towing vessels and seagoing barges in tow and the length of such tows within any of the inland waters of the United States designated and defined from time to time pursuant to [section 151 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section151&num=0&edition=prelim), and such regulations shall have the force of law.
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The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall prepare regulations limiting the length of hawsers between towing vessels and seagoing barges in tow and the length of such tows within any of the inland waters of the United States designated and defined from time to time pursuant to [section 151 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section151&num=0&edition=prelim), and such regulations shall have the force of law.
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(2) **Limitation on statutory construction** — Nothing in this chapter, including any amendment made by this chapter, shall be construed as preventing the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security from implementing and training Federal air marshals.
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**(a) In General.—** The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration shall be an administration in the Department of Transportation.
**(b) Safety as Highest Priority.—** In carrying out its duties, the Administration shall consider the assignment and maintenance of safety as the highest priority, recognizing the clear intent, encouragement, and dedication of Congress to the furtherance of the highest degree of safety in pipeline transportation and hazardous materials transportation.
**(c) Administrator.—** The head of the Administration shall be the Administrator who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall be an individual with professional experience in pipeline safety, hazardous materials safety, or other transportation safety. The Administrator shall report directly to the Secretary of Transportation.
**(d) Deputy Administrator.—** The Administration shall have a Deputy Administrator who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The Deputy Administrator shall carry out duties and powers prescribed by the Administrator.
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**(a) Establishment and purpose** The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall establish appropriate identifiable demarcation lines dividing the high seas from harbors, rivers, and other inland waters of the United States, for the purpose of determining the applicability of special navigational rules in lieu of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.
**(b) Applicability of other statutes; limitation; position** The Secretary shall also establish appropriate identifiable lines dividing inland waters of the United States from the high seas for the purpose of determining the applicability of each statute that refers to this section or this section, as amended. These lines may not be located more than twelve nautical miles seaward of the base line from which the territorial sea is measured. These lines may differ in position for the purposes of different statutes.
**(c) “United States” defined** For the purposes of this section, the term “United States” includes the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any other Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
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The master of the towing vessel shall be liable to the suspension or revocation of his license for any willful violation of regulations issued pursuant to [section 152 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section152&num=0&edition=prelim) in the manner prescribed for incompetency, misconduct, or unskillfulness.
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 153
izing the Secretary of the Department in which the
Coast Guard is operating to establish demarcation lines
for provision authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to establish demarcation lines, and inserted provision
specifying the purpose of establishing demarcation
lines as determining the applicability of special naviga-
tional rules in lieu of the International Regulations for
Preventing Collisions at Sea.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–324 added subsec. (b).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–591 and Pub. L. 96–376 made
identical amendments by striking out reference to the
Canal Zone.
Pub. L. 96–324 added subsec. (c).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and
assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities
and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relat-
ing thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security,
and for treatment of related references, see sections
468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu-
rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor-
ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set
out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
Executive Documents
TERMINATION OF TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC
ISLANDS
For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Is-
lands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title
48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
TERRITORIAL SEA OF UNITED STATES
For extension of territorial sea of United States, see
Proc. No. 5928, set out as a note under section 1331 of
Title 43, Public Lands.
§ 152. Regulation of length of towlines
The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall
prepare regulations limiting the length of
hawsers between towing vessels and seagoi
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