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46 U.S.C. § 3102 — Immersion suits
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**(a)** The Secretary shall by regulation require immersion suits on vessels designated by the Secretary that operate in the Atlantic Ocean north of 32 degrees North latitude or south of 32 degrees South latitude and in all other waters north of 35 degrees North latitude or south of 35 degrees South latitude. The Secretary may not exclude a vessel from designation under this section only because that vessel carries other lifesaving equipment.
**(b)** The Secretary shall establish standards for an immersion suit required by this section, including standards to guarantee adequate thermal protection, buoyance, and flotation stability.
**(c)**
(1) The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel violating this section or a regulation prescribed under this section is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000. The vessel also is liable in rem for the penalty.
(2) The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel violating this section or a regulation prescribed under this section may be fined not more than $25,000, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
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**(a)** The Secretary shall by regulation require immersion suits on vessels designated by the Secretary that operate in the Atlantic Ocean north of 32 degrees North latitude or south of 32 degrees South latitude and in all other waters north of 35 degrees North latitude or south of 35 degrees South latitude. The Secretary may not exclude a vessel from designation under this section only because that vessel carries other lifesaving equipment.
**(b)** The Secretary shall establish standards for an immersion suit required by this section, including standards to guarantee adequate thermal protection, buoyance, and flotation stability.
**(c)**
(1) The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel violating this section or a regulation prescribed under this section is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000. The vessel also is liable in rem for the penalty.
(2) The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel violating this section or a regulation prescribed under this section may be fined not more than $25,000, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
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(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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**(a)** The Secretary shall prescribe regulations which require that each vessel to which this chapter applies shall be equipped with—
(1) readily accessible fire extinguishers capable of promptly and effectively extinguishing a flammable or combustible liquid fuel fire;
(2) at least one readily accessible life preserver or other lifesaving device for each individual on board;
(3) an efficient flame arrestor, backfire trap, or other similar device on the carburetors of each inboard engine which uses gasoline as fuel;
(4) the means to properly and efficiently ventilate enclosed spaces, including engine and fuel tank compartments, so as to remove explosive or flammable gases;
(5) visual distress signals;
(6) other equipment required to minimize the risk of injury to the crew during vessel operations, if the Secretary determines that a risk of serious injury exists that can be eliminated or mitigated by that equipment; and
(7) a placard as required by regulations prescribed under [section 10603(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section10603/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)**
(1) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary shall prescribe regulations requiring the installation, maintenance, and use of the equipment in paragraph (2) of this subsection for vessels to which this chapter applies that—
(A) operate beyond 3 nautical miles from the baseline from which the territorial sea of the United States is measured or beyond 3 nautical miles from the coastline of the Great Lakes;
(B) operate with more than 16 individuals on board; or
(C) in the case of a fish tender vessel, engage in the Aleutian trade.
(2) The equipment to be required is as follows:
(A) alerting and
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TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 3101
Sec.
3105.
Electronic charts.
3106.
Master key control system.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2022—Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXVI, § 11608(b),
Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4152, added item 3106.
2018—Pub. L. 115–282, title IV, § 402(a)(2), Dec. 4, 2018,
132 Stat. 4264, added item 3105.
2010—Pub. L. 111–281, title VI, § 609(b), Oct. 15, 2010, 124
Stat. 2968, added item 3104.
1996—Pub. L. 104–324, title VI, § 603(b), Oct. 19, 1996, 110
Stat. 3930, added item 3103.
1988—Pub. L. 100–424, § 8(a)(3), Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat.
1593, substituted ‘‘Immersion’’ for ‘‘Exposure’’ in item
3102.
1985—Pub. L. 99–36, § 2, May 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 68, re-
pealed section 22 of Pub. L. 98–557 and the amendments
made by that section, which added first identical item
3102, effective Nov. 8, 1984, thereby leaving Pub. L.
98–623 as the sole authority for the addition of item
3102. See 1984 Amendment note below.
1984—Pub. L. 98–557, § 22(a)(2), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat.
2871, and Pub. L. 98–623, title VII, § 701(a)(2), Nov. 8, 1984,
98 Stat. 3413, added identical item 3102. See 1985 Amend-
ment note above.
§ 3101. Authority to suspend inspection
When the President decides that the needs of
foreign commerce require, the President may
suspend a provision of this part for a foreign-
built vessel registered as a vessel of the United
States on conditions the President may specify.
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 510.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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Section 3101 provides the President with the author-
ity to suspend the inspection laws for a foreign-built
reflagged U.S. vessel when the needs of foreign com-
merce require this. For exam
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