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33 U.S.C. § 1605 — Navy and Coast Guard vessels of special construction or purpose

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33 U.S.C. § 1605 — Navy and Coast Guard vessels of special construction or purpose

**(a) Certification for alternative compliance** Any requirement of the International Regulations with respect to the number, position, range, or arc of visibility of lights, with respect to shapes, or with respect to the disposition and characteristics of sound-signaling appliances, shall not be applicable to a vessel of special construction or purpose, whenever the Secretary of the Navy, for any vessel of the Navy, or the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, for any other vessel of the United States, shall certify that the vessel cannot comply fully with that requirement without interfering with the special function of the vessel. **(b) Closest possible compliance by vessels covered by certification for alternative compliance** Whenever a certification is issued under the authority of subsection (a) of this section, the vessel involved shall comply with the requirement as to which the certification is made to the extent that the Secretary issuing the certification shall certify as the closest possible compliance by that vessel. **(c) Publication of certifications in Federal Register** Notice of the certifications issued pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be published in the Federal Register. **(d) Issuance of certification for a class of vessels** A certification authorized by this section may be issued for a class of vessels.

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6 U.S.C. § 542 — Federal air marshal program

(1) **Sense of Congress** — It is the sense of Congress that the Federal air marshal program is critical to aviation security. (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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33 U.S.C. § 1051 to 1094 — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–75, § 10, July 27, 1977, 91 Stat. 311

### Statutory Notes Section 1051, Pub. L. 88–131, § 1, Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 194, authorized the President to proclaim the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea. See [section 1602 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1602&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 1052, Pub. L. 88–131, § 2, Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 194, provided for certification for alternative compliance covering Navy and Coast Guard vessels of special construction or purpose. See [section 1605 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1605&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 1053, Pub. L. 88–131, § 4, Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 195, constituted an introductory statement for the regulations. See [section 1602 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1602&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 1061, Pub. L. 88–131, § 4, Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 195, generally described the scope of sections 1061 to 1094. Section 1062, Pub. L. 88–131, § 4, Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 196, set out the requirements for vessels while under way. Section 1063, Pub. L. 88–131, § 4, Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 197, set the requirements for towing or pushing other vessels or seaplanes. Section 1064, Pub. L. 88–131, § 4, Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 197, related to vessels and seaplanes not under command, and vessels engaged in certain operations. Section 1065, Pub. L. 88–131, § 4, Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 198, related to sailing vessels under way, vessels or seaplanes being towed, and vessels being pushed ahead. Section 1066, Pub. L. 88–131, § 4, Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 199, related to vessels in bad weather. Section 1067, Pub. L. 88–131, § 4, Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 199, relate

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33 U.S.C. § 1603 — Vessels subject to International Regulations

Except as provided in [section 1604 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1604&num=0&edition=prelim) and subject to the provisions of [section 1605 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1605&num=0&edition=prelim), the International Regulations, as proclaimed under [section 1602 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1602&num=0&edition=prelim), shall be applicable to, and shall be complied with by— (1) all vessels, public and private, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, while upon the high seas or in waters connected therewith navigable by seagoing vessels, and (2) all other vessels when on waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

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33 U.S.C. § 1605 — Navy and Coast Guard vessels of special

Page 654 TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS § 1604 § 1604. Vessels not subject to International Regu- lations (a) The International Regulations do not apply to vessels while in the waters of the United States shoreward of the navigational demarca- tion lines dividing the high seas from harbors, rivers, and other inland waters of the United States. (b) Whenever a vessel subject to the jurisdic- tion of the United States is in the territorial wa- ters of a foreign state the International Regula- tions shall be applicable to, and shall be com- plied with by, that vessel to the extent that the laws and regulations of the foreign state are not in conflict therewith. (Pub. L. 95–75, § 5, July 27, 1977, 91 Stat. 309; Pub. L. 96–591, § 6(1), Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3434.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–591 substituted provision providing that the International Regulations do not apply to vessels while in the waters of the United States shoreward of the navigational demarcation lines dividing the high seas from harbors, rivers, and other inland waters of the United States for provisions that had made specific reference to harbors, rivers, and other inland waters of the United States, as defined in section 154 of this title, to the Great Lakes of North America and their connecting and tributary waters, as defined in section 241 of this title, and to the Red River of the North and rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mex- ico and their tributaries, as defined in section 301 of this title. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 96–591, § 7, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3435, provided that: ‘‘Sections 2, 4, 6(1), and 8(a) [enacting section 2072 and former sections 2001 to 2038 of this title,

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