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46 U.S.C. § 11102 — Medicine chests
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**(a)** A vessel of the United States on a voyage from a port in the United States to a foreign port (except to a Canadian port), and a vessel of the United States of at least 75 gross tons as measured under [section 14502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14502&num=0&edition=prelim), or an alternate tonnage measured under [section 14302 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14302&num=0&edition=prelim) as prescribed by the Secretary under [section 14104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14104&num=0&edition=prelim) on a voyage between a port of the United States on the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean, shall be provided with a medicine chest.
**(b)** The owner and master of a vessel not equipped as required by subsection (a) of this section or a regulation prescribed under subsection (a) are liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $500. If the offense was due to the fault of the owner, a master penalized under this section has the right to recover the penalty and costs from the owner.
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**(a)** A vessel of the United States on a voyage from a port in the United States to a foreign port (except to a Canadian port), and a vessel of the United States of at least 75 gross tons as measured under [section 14502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14502&num=0&edition=prelim), or an alternate tonnage measured under [section 14302 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14302&num=0&edition=prelim) as prescribed by the Secretary under [section 14104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14104&num=0&edition=prelim) on a voyage between a port of the United States on the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean, shall be provided with a medicine chest.
**(b)** The owner and master of a vessel not equipped as required by subsection (a) of this section or a regulation prescribed under subsection (a) are liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $500. If the offense was due to the fault of the owner, a master penalized under this section has the right to recover the penalty and costs from the owner.
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**(a)** The Secretary shall measure a vessel to which this chapter applies in the way provided by this chapter and the Convention.
**(b)** A vessel measured under this chapter may not be required to be measured under another law.
**(c)** Unless otherwise provided by law, the measurement of a vessel under this chapter applies to a law of the United States whose applicability depends on a vessel’s tonnage, if that law—
(1) becomes effective after July 18, 1994; or
(2) is in effect before July 19, 1994, is not enumerated in [section 14305 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14305&num=0&edition=prelim), and is identified by the Secretary by regulation as a law to which this chapter applies.
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The Secretary shall measure a vessel to which this chapter applies in the way provided by this chapter.
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**(a)** When the application of a law of the United States to a vessel depends on the vessel’s tonnage, the vessel shall be measured under this part.
**(b)** If a statute allows for an alternate tonnage to be prescribed under this section, the Secretary may prescribe it by regulation. Any such regulation shall be considered to be an interpretive regulation for purposes of [section 553 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section553&num=0&edition=prelim). Until an alternate tonnage is prescribed, the statutorily established tonnage shall apply to vessels measured under chapter 143 or chapter 145 of this title.
**(c)** The head of each Federal agency shall ensure that regulations issued by the agency that specify particular tonnages comply with the alternate tonnages implemented by the Secretary.
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**(a)** A vessel to which [section 11102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section11102&num=0&edition=prelim) applies shall be provided with a slop chest containing sufficient clothing for the intended voyage for each seaman, including—
(1) boots or shoes;
(2) hats or caps;
(3) underclothing;
(4) outer clothing;
(5) foul weather clothing;
(6) everything necessary for the wear of a seaman; and
(7) a complete supply of tobacco and blankets.
**(b)** Merchandise in the slop chest shall be sold to a seaman desiring it, for the use of the seaman, at a profit of not more than 10 percent of the reasonable wholesale value of the merchandise at the port at which the voyage began.
**(c)** This section does not apply to a vessel on a voyage to Canada, Bermuda, the West Indies, Mexico, or Central America, or a fishing or whaling vessel.
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TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 11102
(5) each crew berthing area shall be equipped
with information regarding—
(A) vessel owner or company policies pro-
hibiting sexual assault and sexual harass-
ment, retaliation, and drug and alcohol
usage; and
(B) procedures and resources to report
crimes, including sexual assault and sexual
harassment, including information—
(i) on the telephone number, website ad-
dress, and email address for reporting alle-
gations of sexual assault and sexual har-
assment to the Coast Guard;
(ii) on vessel owner or company proce-
dures to report violations of company pol-
icy and access resources;
(iii) on resources provided by outside or-
ganizations such as sexual assault hotlines
and counseling;
(iv) on the retention period for surveil-
lance video recording after an incident of
sexual harassment or sexual assault is re-
ported; and
(v) additional items specified in regula-
tions issued by, and at the discretion of,
the Secretary of the department in which
the Coast Guard is operating.
(b) In addition to the requirements of sub-
section (a) of this section, a merchant vessel of
the United States that in the ordinary course of
trade makes a voyage of more than 3 days’ dura-
tion between ports and carries a crew of at least
12 seamen shall have a hospital compartment,
suitably separated from other spaces. The com-
partment shall have at least one bunk for each
12 seamen constituting the crew (but not more
than 6 bunks may be required).
(c) A steam vessel of the United States oper-
ating on the Mississippi River or its tributaries
shall provide, under the direction and approval
of the Secretary, an appropriate place for the
crew that shall conform to the requirements of
this section, as far as they apply to the steam
vessel
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