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46 U.S.C. § 11103 — Slop chests

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46 U.S.C. § 11103 — Slop chests

**(a)** A vessel to which [section 11102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section11102&num=0&edition=prelim) applies shall be provided with a slop chest containing sufficient clothing for the intended voyage for each seaman, including— (1) boots or shoes; (2) hats or caps; (3) underclothing; (4) outer clothing; (5) foul weather clothing; (6) everything necessary for the wear of a seaman; and (7) a complete supply of tobacco and blankets. **(b)** Merchandise in the slop chest shall be sold to a seaman desiring it, for the use of the seaman, at a profit of not more than 10 percent of the reasonable wholesale value of the merchandise at the port at which the voyage began. **(c)** This section does not apply to a vessel on a voyage to Canada, Bermuda, the West Indies, Mexico, or Central America, or a fishing or whaling vessel.

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46 U.S.C. § 11102 — Medicine chests

**(a)** A vessel of the United States on a voyage from a port in the United States to a foreign port (except to a Canadian port), and a vessel of the United States of at least 75 gross tons as measured under [section 14502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14502&num=0&edition=prelim), or an alternate tonnage measured under [section 14302 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14302&num=0&edition=prelim) as prescribed by the Secretary under [section 14104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14104&num=0&edition=prelim) on a voyage between a port of the United States on the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean, shall be provided with a medicine chest. **(b)** The owner and master of a vessel not equipped as required by subsection (a) of this section or a regulation prescribed under subsection (a) are liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $500. If the offense was due to the fault of the owner, a master penalized under this section has the right to recover the penalty and costs from the owner.

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46 U.S.C. § 11103 — Slop chests

Page 195 TITLE 46—SHIPPING § 11105 HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES—CONTINUED Revised section Source section (U.S. Code) 11102(b) ........................................ 46:667 Section 11102 requires that a United States vessel on a foreign or intercoastal domestic voyage be equipped with a medicine chest, and provides a penalty for non- compliance. The Committee intends that regulation will provide for a well stocked medicine chest adequate for the crew of a vessel. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–324 inserted ‘‘as meas- ured under section 14502 of this title, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of this title’’ after ‘‘75 gross tons’’. § 11103. Slop chests (a) A vessel to which section 11102 of this title applies shall be provided with a slop chest con- taining sufficient clothing for the intended voy- age for each seaman, including— (1) boots or shoes; (2) hats or caps; (3) underclothing; (4) outer clothing; (5) foul weather clothing; (6) everything necessary for the wear of a seaman; and (7) a complete supply of tobacco and blan- kets. (b) Merchandise in the slop chest shall be sold to a seaman desiring it, for the use of the sea- man, at a profit of not more than 10 percent of the reasonable wholesale value of the merchan- dise at the port at which the voyage began. (c) This section does not apply to a vessel on a voyage to Canada, Bermuda, the West Indies, Mexico, or Central America, or a fishing or whaling vessel. (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 578.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised section Source section (U.S. Code) 11103 ............................................ 46:670 46:671 Section 11103 requires that a United

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