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46 U.S.C. § 80107 — Salvors of life to share in remuneration
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**(a) Entitlement of Salvors.—** A salvor of human life, who gave aid following an accident giving rise to salvage, is entitled to a fair share of the payment awarded to the salvor for salvaging the vessel or other property or preventing or minimizing damage to the environment.
**(b) Common Ownership of Vessels.—** The right to remuneration for aid or salvage services is not affected by common ownership of the vessels giving and receiving the aid or salvage services.
**(c) Time Limit on Bringing Actions.—** A civil action to recover remuneration for giving aid or salvage services must be brought within 2 years after the date the aid or salvage services were given, unless the court in which the action is brought is satisfied that during that 2-year period there had not been a reasonable opportunity to seize the aided or salvaged vessel within the jurisdiction of the court or within the territorial waters of the country of the plaintiff’s residence or principal place of business.
**(d) Nonapplication.—** This section does not apply to a vessel of war or a vessel owned by the United States Government appropriated only to a public service.
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**(a) Entitlement of Salvors.—** A salvor of human life, who gave aid following an accident giving rise to salvage, is entitled to a fair share of the payment awarded to the salvor for salvaging the vessel or other property or preventing or minimizing damage to the environment.
**(b) Common Ownership of Vessels.—** The right to remuneration for aid or salvage services is not affected by common ownership of the vessels giving and receiving the aid or salvage services.
**(c) Time Limit on Bringing Actions.—** A civil action to recover remuneration for giving aid or salvage services must be brought within 2 years after the date the aid or salvage services were given, unless the court in which the action is brought is satisfied that during that 2-year period there had not been a reasonable opportunity to seize the aided or salvaged vessel within the jurisdiction of the court or within the territorial waters of the country of the plaintiff’s residence or principal place of business.
**(d) Nonapplication.—** This section does not apply to a vessel of war or a vessel owned by the United States Government appropriated only to a public service.
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**(a)**
(1) A master or individual in charge of a vessel shall render assistance to any individual found at sea in danger of being lost, so far as the master or individual in charge can do so without serious danger to the master’s or individual’s vessel or individuals on board.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a vessel of war or a vessel owned by the United States Government appropriated only to a public service.
**(b)** A master or individual violating this section shall be fined not more than $1,000, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both.
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TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 80107
Pacific coast of the United States, in any por-
tion of the Great Lakes or their connecting or
tributary waters, including any portion of the
Saint Lawrence River through which the inter-
national boundary line extends, or in territorial
waters of the United States on the Gulf of Mex-
ico.
(b) WHEN SUITABLE VESSEL NOT AVAILABLE.—
The Secretary of Homeland Security may au-
thorize a foreign vessel to engage in salvaging
operations in a particular locality if, on inves-
tigation, the Secretary is satisfied that there is
not available in that locality a suitable vessel
that is—
(1) owned only by citizens of the United
States (including a Bowaters corporation
under section 12118 of this title); and
(2) documented under chapter 121 of this
title or numbered under chapter 123 of this
title.
(c) OPERATIONS AUTHORIZED BY TREATY.—This
section does not prohibit or restrict assistance
to vessels or salvaging operations authorized by
treaty, including—
(1) article II of the Treaty between the
United States and Great Britain concerning
reciprocal rights for United States and Canada
in the conveyance of prisoners and wrecking
and salvage, signed at Washington, May 18,
1908 (35 Stat. 2036); or
(2) the Treaty between the United States of
America and Mexico to facilitate assistance to
and salvage of vessels in territorial waters,
signed at Mexico City, June 13, 1935 (49 Stat.
3359).
(Pub. L. 109–304, § 11, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1691.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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80104(a) ......
46 App.:316(d)
(words before pro-
viso).
R.S. § 4370(d), (e); June 11,
1940, ch. 324, 54 Stat. 305.
80104(b) ......
46 App.:316(d) (pro-
viso).
80104(c) ......
46 App.:316(e).
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