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46 U.S.C. § 50113 — Use and performance reports by operators of vessels
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**(a) Filing Requirement.—** The Secretary of Transportation by regulation may require the operator of a vessel in the waterborne foreign commerce of the United States to file such report, account, record, or memorandum on the use and performance of the vessel as the Secretary considers desirable to assist in carrying out this subtitle. The report, account, record, or memorandum shall be signed and verified, and be filed at the times and in the manner, as provided by regulation.
**(b) Civil Penalty.—** An operator not filing a report, account, record, or memorandum required by the Secretary under this section is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $50 for each day of the violation. A penalty imposed under this section on the operator of a vessel constitutes a lien on the vessel involved in the violation. A civil action in rem to enforce the lien may be brought in the district court of the United States for any district in which the vessel is found. The Secretary may remit or mitigate any penalty imposed under this section.
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**(a) Filing Requirement.—** The Secretary of Transportation by regulation may require the operator of a vessel in the waterborne foreign commerce of the United States to file such report, account, record, or memorandum on the use and performance of the vessel as the Secretary considers desirable to assist in carrying out this subtitle. The report, account, record, or memorandum shall be signed and verified, and be filed at the times and in the manner, as provided by regulation.
**(b) Civil Penalty.—** An operator not filing a report, account, record, or memorandum required by the Secretary under this section is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $50 for each day of the violation. A penalty imposed under this section on the operator of a vessel constitutes a lien on the vessel involved in the violation. A civil action in rem to enforce the lien may be brought in the district court of the United States for any district in which the vessel is found. The Secretary may remit or mitigate any penalty imposed under this section.
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**(a)**
(1) An owner, charterer, managing operator, or agent of a vessel of the United States, having reason to believe (because of lack of communication with or nonappearance of a vessel or any other incident) that the vessel may have been lost or imperiled, immediately shall—
(A) notify the Coast Guard; and
(B) use all available means to determine the status of the vessel.
(2) When more than 48 hours have passed since the owner, charterer, managing operator, or agent of a vessel required to report to the United States Flag Merchant Vessel Location Filing System under authority of [section 50113 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section50113&num=0&edition=prelim) has received a communication from the vessel, the owner, charterer, managing operator, or agent immediately shall—
(A) notify the Coast Guard; and
(B) use all available means to determine the status of the vessel.
(3) An owner, charterer, managing operator, or agent of a vessel of the United States notifying the Coast Guard under paragraph (1) or (2) shall—
(A) provide the name and identification number of the vessel, the names of individuals on board, and other information that may be requested by the Coast Guard; and
(B) submit written confirmation to the Coast Guard within 24 hours after nonwritten notification to the Coast Guard under such paragraphs.
(4) An owner, charterer, managing operator, or agent violating this subsection is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each day during which the violation occurs.
**(b)**
(1) The master of a vessel of the United States required to report to the System shall report to the owner, charterer, managing operator, or agent at least once every 4
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TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 50114
(3) The existence of an established program
of the applicant encompassing research and
training directed to enhancing maritime in-
dustries.
(4) The demonstrated ability of the applicant
to assemble and evaluate pertinent informa-
tion from national and international sources
and to disseminate results of maritime indus-
try
research
and
educational
programs
through a continuing education program.
(5) The qualification of the applicant as a
nonprofit institution of higher learning.
(e) FINANCIAL AWARDS.—The Secretary may
make awards on an equal matching basis to an
institute designated under subsection (a) from
amounts appropriated. The aggregate annual
amount of the Federal share of the awards by
the Secretary may not exceed $500,000.
(f)
UNIVERSITY
TRANSPORTATION
RESEARCH
FUNDS.—The Secretary may make a grant under
section 5505 of title 49 to an institute designated
under subsection (a) for maritime and maritime
intermodal research under that section as if the
institute were a university transportation cen-
ter. In making a grant, the Secretary, through
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Re-
search and Technology of the Department of
Transportation, shall advise the Maritime Ad-
ministration on the availability of funds for the
grants and consult with the Administration on
making the grants.
(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1561;
Pub. L. 113–76, div. L, title I, Jan. 17, 2014, 128
Stat. 574.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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50112 ..........
46 App.:1121–2.
Pub. L. 101–115, § 8, Oct. 13,
1989, 103 Stat. 694; Pub. L.
101–595, title VII, § 702,
Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat.
2994; Pub. L. 102–241, § 47,
Dec. 19, 1991, 10
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