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46 U.S.C. § 12505 — Fees

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46 U.S.C. § 12505 — Fees

**(a)** The Secretary of Transportation may charge a fee under [section 9701 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section9701&num=0&edition=prelim) for providing information to or requesting information from the vessel identification system, except to— (1) an agency; or (2) a State making information available to the Secretary under [section 12503(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section12503/a&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b)** The Secretary shall deposit amounts transferred or collected under this section in the general fund of the Treasury as proprietary receipts of the Secretary and ascribed to the vessel identification system.

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46 U.S.C. § 31301 — Definitions

In this chapter— (1) “acknowledge” means making— (A) an acknowledgment or notarization before a notary public or other official authorized by a law of the United States or a State to take acknowledgments of deeds; or (B) a certificate issued under the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, 1961; (2) “district court” means— (A) a district court of the United States (as defined in [section 451 of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section451&num=0&edition=prelim)); (B) the District Court of Guam; (C) the District Court of the Virgin Islands; (D) the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands; (E) the High Court of American Samoa; and (F) any other court of original jurisdiction of a territory or possession of the United States; (3) “mortgagee” means— (A) a person to whom property is mortgaged; or (B) when a mortgage on a vessel involves a trust, the trustee that is designated in the trust agreement; (4) “necessaries” includes repairs, supplies, towage, and the use of a dry dock or marine railway; (5) “preferred maritime lien” means a maritime lien on a vessel— (A) arising before a preferred mortgage was filed under [section 31321 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section31321&num=0&edition=prelim); (B) for damage arising out of maritime tort; (C) for wages of a stevedore when employed directly by a person listed in [section 31341 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section31341&num=0&edition=prelim); (D) for wages of the crew of the vessel; (E) for general average; or (F) for salvage, including contract salvage; (6) “preferr

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31 U.S.C. § 9701 — Fees and charges for Government services and things of value

**(a)** It is the sense of Congress that each service or thing of value provided by an agency (except a mixed-ownership Government corporation) to a person (except a person on official business of the United States Government) is to be self-sustaining to the extent possible. **(b)** The head of each agency (except a mixed-ownership Government corporation) may prescribe regulations establishing the charge for a service or thing of value provided by the agency. Regulations prescribed by the heads of executive agencies are subject to policies prescribed by the President and shall be as uniform as practicable. Each charge shall be— (1) fair; and (2) based on— (A) the costs to the Government; (B) the value of the service or thing to the recipient; (C) public policy or interest served; and (D) other relevant facts. **(c)** This section does not affect a law of the United States— (1) prohibiting the determination and collection of charges and the disposition of those charges; and (2) prescribing bases for determining charges, but a charge may be redetermined under this section consistent with the prescribed bases.

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46 U.S.C. § 12506 — Delegation of authority

The Secretary of Transportation may delegate to an agency, a State, or a qualified person the authority to— (1) establish and maintain the vessel identification system; and (2) charge fees under [section 12505 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section12505&num=0&edition=prelim) to a person making information available to or requesting information from the vessel identification system.

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46 U.S.C. § 12507 — Penalties

**(a)** A person shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both, if the person with the intent to defraud— (1) provides false information to the Secretary of Transportation or a State issuing authority regarding the identification of a vessel under this chapter; or (2) tampers with, removes, or falsifies the unique vessel identification number assigned to a vessel under [section 12502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section12502&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b)** A person is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 if the person— (1) provides false information to the Secretary or a State issuing authority regarding the identification of a vessel under this chapter; (2) violates [section 12502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section12502&num=0&edition=prelim); or (3) fails to comply with requirements prescribed by the Secretary under [section 12505 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section12505&num=0&edition=prelim). **(c)** A vessel involved in a violation of this chapter, or regulation under this chapter, and its equipment, may be seized by, and forfeited to, the Government. **(d)** If a person, not an individual, is involved in a violation of this chapter, the president or chief executive of the person also is subject to any penalty provided under this section.

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46 U.S.C. § 12505 — Fees

Page 227 TITLE 46—SHIPPING § 12505 1990—Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 101–595 amended sub- par. (A) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (A) read as follows: ‘‘the owner’s social security number; or’’. 1989—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 101–225 amended par. (2) generally, adding subpars. (A) and (B). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Jan. 1, 1989, with certain exceptions and qualifications, see section 107 of Pub. L. 100–710, set out as a note under section 31301 of this title. § 12504. Information available from the system For law enforcement or other purposes and under conditions prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary— (1) shall make available information in the vessel identification system to a State making information available under section 12503(a) of this title; and (2) may make available information in the vessel identification system to others. (Added Pub. L. 100–710, title I, § 101(a), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4736; amended Pub. L. 101–225, title III, § 302(3), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1923.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised section 12504 This section requires that the Secretary make avail- able information maintained in the vessel identifica- tion system to a State participating in the system for law enforcement or other purposes. The Secretary may make available information in the system to others, under conditions the Secretary may prescribe. At first, the Secretary may elect to deal only with the States. However, the Committee firmly expects that informa- tion will be made available through computer termi- nals in satellite offices or direct computer access by modem. In this manner, boating organizations or finan- cial or documentation services could retrieve data witho

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