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46 U.S.C. § 3504 — Notification to passengers
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**(a)** A person selling passage on a foreign or domestic passenger vessel having berth or stateroom accommodations for at least 50 passengers and embarking passengers at United States ports for a coastwise or an international voyage shall notify each prospective passenger of the safety standards applicable to the vessel in a manner prescribed by regulation.
**(b)** All promotional literature or advertising through any medium of communication in the United States offering passage or soliciting passengers for ocean voyages anywhere in the world shall include information similar to the information described in subsection (a) of this section, and shall specify the registry of each vessel named, as a part of the advertisement or description of the voyage. Except for the inclusion of the country of registry of the vessel, this subsection does not apply to voyages by vessels meeting the safety standards described in [section 3505 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section3505&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c)** A person 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 $10,000. If the violation involves the sale of tickets for passage, the owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, individual in charge, or any other person involved in each violation also is liable to the Government for a civil penalty of $500 for each ticket sold. The vessel on which passage is sold also is liable in rem for a violation of this section or a regulation prescribed under this section.
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**(a)** A person selling passage on a foreign or domestic passenger vessel having berth or stateroom accommodations for at least 50 passengers and embarking passengers at United States ports for a coastwise or an international voyage shall notify each prospective passenger of the safety standards applicable to the vessel in a manner prescribed by regulation.
**(b)** All promotional literature or advertising through any medium of communication in the United States offering passage or soliciting passengers for ocean voyages anywhere in the world shall include information similar to the information described in subsection (a) of this section, and shall specify the registry of each vessel named, as a part of the advertisement or description of the voyage. Except for the inclusion of the country of registry of the vessel, this subsection does not apply to voyages by vessels meeting the safety standards described in [section 3505 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section3505&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c)** A person 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 $10,000. If the violation involves the sale of tickets for passage, the owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, individual in charge, or any other person involved in each violation also is liable to the Government for a civil penalty of $500 for each ticket sold. The vessel on which passage is sold also is liable in rem for a violation of this section or a regulation prescribed under this section.
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Notwithstanding [section 3303 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section3303&num=0&edition=prelim), a foreign vessel carrying a citizen of the United States as a passenger or embarking passengers from a United States port may not depart from a United States port if the Secretary finds that the vessel does not comply with the standards stated in the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea to which the United States Government is currently a party.
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Page 71
TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 3504
preservation of the historic integrity of such
vessel in areas carrying or accessible to pas-
sengers or generally visible to the public; and
(C) prescribe regulations to carry out this
section, including to prescribe the manner in
which prospective passengers are to be noti-
fied under paragraph (1)(A).
(4) The penalties provided in section 3504(c) of
this title shall apply to a violation of this sub-
section.
(c) In addition to otherwise applicable pen-
alties, the Secretary may immediately withdraw
a certificate of inspection for an exempted ves-
sel described in subsection (a)(2) that does not
comply with any requirement under subsection
(b).
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 519; Pub. L.
99–307, § 1(7)(A), May 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 445; Pub.
L. 102–241, § 20, Dec. 19, 1991, 105 Stat. 2216; Pub.
L. 104–324, title XI, § 1133, Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat.
3985; Pub. L. 115–282, title VIII, § 834, Dec. 4, 2018,
132 Stat. 4318.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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Source section (U.S. Code)
3503 ..............................................
46:369(b)
Section 3503 requires the use of fire retardant mate-
rials on a vessel having berthing facilities for at least
50 passengers. This requirement in the case of vessels
engaged in foreign trade is consistent with our inter-
national treaty obligations, which impose extensive
and additional fire safety standards. A waiver that
grandfathers existing inland river passenger vessels is
also included.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 amended section generally. Prior
to amendment, text read as follows:
‘‘(a) A passenger vessel of the United States having
berth or stateroom accommodations for at least 50 pas-
sengers shall be granted a certificate
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