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46 U.S.C. § 12501 — Establishment of a vessel identification system
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**(a)** The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a vessel identification system to make available information under [section 12503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section12503&num=0&edition=prelim) for use by the public for law enforcement and other purposes relating to—
(1) the ownership of documented vessels;
(2) the ownership of vessels numbered under chapter 123 of this title; and
(3) the ownership of vessels titled under the law of a State.
**(b)** The vessel identification system shall include information prescribed by the Secretary including—
(1) identifying a vessel;
(2) identifying the owner of the vessel, including—
(A) the owner’s social security number or, if that number is not available, other means of identification acceptable to the Secretary; or
(B) for an owner other than an individual—
(i) the owner’s taxpayer identification number; or
(ii) if the owner does not have a taxpayer identification number, the social security number of an individual who is a corporate officer, general partner, or individual trustee of the owner and who signed the application for documentation or numbering for the vessel;
(3) identifying the State in which it is titled or numbered;
(4) indicating whether the vessel is numbered or titled, or both;
(5) if titled in a State, indicating where evidence of a lien or other security interest may be found against the vessel in that State; and
(6) information assisting law enforcement officials.
**(c)** The Secretary may maintain information under this chapter in connection with any other information system maintained by the Secretary.
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**(a)** The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a vessel identification system to make available information under [section 12503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section12503&num=0&edition=prelim) for use by the public for law enforcement and other purposes relating to—
(1) the ownership of documented vessels;
(2) the ownership of vessels numbered under chapter 123 of this title; and
(3) the ownership of vessels titled under the law of a State.
**(b)** The vessel identification system shall include information prescribed by the Secretary including—
(1) identifying a vessel;
(2) identifying the owner of the vessel, including—
(A) the owner’s social security number or, if that number is not available, other means of identification acceptable to the Secretary; or
(B) for an owner other than an individual—
(i) the owner’s taxpayer identification number; or
(ii) if the owner does not have a taxpayer identification number, the social security number of an individual who is a corporate officer, general partner, or individual trustee of the owner and who signed the application for documentation or numbering for the vessel;
(3) identifying the State in which it is titled or numbered;
(4) indicating whether the vessel is numbered or titled, or both;
(5) if titled in a State, indicating where evidence of a lien or other security interest may be found against the vessel in that State; and
(6) information assisting law enforcement officials.
**(c)** The Secretary may maintain information under this chapter in connection with any other information system maintained by the Secretary.
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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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(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)** Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a State or a State’s delegate approved by the Secretary of Transportation may make information available to the Secretary if, in a manner and form prescribed by the Secretary, the State—
(1) identifies the vessel;
(2) identifies the owner of the vessel, including by—
(A) the owner’s social security number or, if that number is not available, other means of identification acceptable to the Secretary; or
(B) for an owner other than an individual—
(i) the owner’s taxpayer identification number; or
(ii) if the owner does not have a taxpayer identification number, the social security number of an individual who is a corporate officer, general partner, or individual trustee of the owner and who signed the application for documentation or numbering for the vessel;
(3) identifies the State in which it is titled or numbered;
(4) indicates whether the vessel is numbered or titled, or both;
(5) if titled in a State, indicates where evidence of a lien or other security interest may be found against the vessel in that State;
(6) includes information to assist law enforcement; and
(7) includes other information agreed to by the Secretary and the State.
**(b)** Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary also may accept information under conditions and in a manner and form prescribed by the Secretary.
**(c)** The Secretary shall—
(1) retain information on a vessel with a preferred mortgage under [section 31322(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section31322/d&num=0&edition=prelim) that is no longer titled in a State making information available to the Secretary under this chapter until the mortgage is discharged or
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**(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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TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 12308
fees shall apply equally to residents and non-
residents of the State. A State issuing authority
may impose only conditions for vessel num-
bering that are—
(1) prescribed by this chapter or regulations
of the Secretary about the standard num-
bering system; or
(2) related to proof of payment of State or
local taxes.
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 591.)
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12307 ............................................
46:1472
Section 12307 provides the States or the Secretary
with the authority to prescribe regulations and estab-
lish fees for carrying out the requirements of this chap-
ter. The fee must apply equally to residents and non-
residents of the State in which the vessel is numbered.
§ 12308. Providing vessel numbering and reg-
istration information
A person may request from an authority
issuing a number under this chapter the num-
bering and registration information of a vessel
that is retrievable from vessel numbering sys-
tem records of the issuing authority. When the
issuing authority is satisfied that the request is
reasonable and related to a boating safety pur-
pose, the information shall be provided on pay-
ing the cost of retrieving and providing the in-
formation requested.
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 592.)
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12308 ............................................
46:1473
Section 12308 requires the number issuing authority
to supply for a fee, numbering and registration infor-
mation to any person, upon request, if the request is
reasonable and related to boating safety.
§ 12309. Penalties
(a) A person willfully violating this chapter or
a regulatio
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