47 U.S.C. § 355 — Survival craft

Page 223 TITLE 47—TELECOMMUNICATIONS § 357 situated on the bridge, there shall be efficient communication with the bridge. (b) The radiotelephone installation shall be ca- pable of transmitting and receiving on the fre- quencies, and using the classes of emission, des- ignated by the Commission pursuant to law for the purposes of distress and safety of navigation. (c) The radiotelephone installation shall have a minimum normal range of one hundred and fifty nautical miles; that is, it shall be capable of transmitting and receiving clearly percep- tible signals from ship to ship by day and under normal conditions and circumstances over this range. (d) There shall be available at all times a main source of electrical energy sufficient to operate the installation over the normal range required by subsection (c) of this section. If batteries are provided they shall have sufficient capacity to operate the transmitter and receiver for at least six continuous hours under normal working con- ditions. In installations made on or after No- vember 19, 1952, a reserve source of electrical en- ergy shall be provided in the upper part of the ship unless the main source of energy is so situ- ated. (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 356, as added Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 729, § 2(d), 68 Stat. 706; amended Pub. L. 89–121, § 7, Aug. 13, 1965, 79 Stat. 515.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1965—Pub. L. 89–121 limited the opening provisions to cargo ships of 300 gross tons and upwards. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89–121 required the radiotelephone station to be so located that it is sheltered to the greatest possible extent from noise which might impair the correct reception of messages and signals. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89–121 substituted ‘‘on the fre- quencies, and using the classes of emission, designated’’ for ‘‘on the frequencies and with types of emissions des- ignated’’. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 89–121 substituted ‘‘radio- telephone installation’’ for ‘‘transmitter’’ and inserted provisions requiring the installation to be capable of receiving clearly perceptible signals over the minimum normal range. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 89–121 substituted ‘‘a main source of electrical energy’’ for ‘‘a source of energy’’, ‘‘at least six continuous hours’’ for ‘‘at least six hours continu- ously’’, and ‘‘installations made on or after November 19, 1952, a reserve source of electrical energy’’ for ‘‘in installations an emergency source of energy’’. § 355. Survival craft Every ship required to be provided with sur- vival craft radio by treaty to which the United States is a party, by statute, or by regulation made in conformity with a treaty, convention, or statute, shall be fitted with efficient radio equipment appropriate to such requirement under such rules and regulations as the Commis- sion may find necessary for safety of life. For purposes of this section, ‘‘radio equipment’’ shall include portable as well as nonportable ap- paratus. (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 357, formerly § 355, as added May 20, 1937, ch. 229, § 10(b), 50 Stat. 194; renumbered § 357 and amended Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 729, § 2(a)(1), (e), 68 Stat. 706, 707; Pub. L. 89–121, § 8, Aug. 13, 1965, 79 Stat. 516.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1965—Pub. L. 89–121 substituted ‘‘survival craft’’ for ‘‘lifeboat’’. 1954—Act Aug. 13, 1954, § 2(a)(1), amended credit to section by changing section number from ‘‘355’’ to ‘‘357’’ of act June 19, 1934. Act Aug. 13, 1954, § 2(e), provided that lifeboats be equipped with ‘‘radio equipment’’ rather than a ‘‘radio installation’’ and defined ‘‘radio equipment’’ as includ- ing portable as well as nonportable apparatus. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective May 20, 1937, unless deferred by the Commission, see section 16 of act May 20, 1937, set out as a note under section 351 of this title. § 356. Approval of installations by Commission Insofar as is necessary to carry out the pur- poses and requirements of this part, the Com- mission shall have authority, for any ship sub- ject to this part— (1) To approve the details as to the location and manner of installations of the equipment required by this part or of equipment neces- sitated by reason of the purposes and require- ments of this part. (2) To approve installations, apparatus, and spare parts necessary to comply with the pur- poses and requirements of this part. (3) To prescribe such additional equipment as may be determined to be necessary to sup- plement that specified in this part, for the proper functioning of the radio installation in- stalled in accordance with this part or for the proper conduct of radio communication in time of emergency or distress. (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 358, formerly § 356, as added May 20, 1937, ch. 229, § 10(b), 50 Stat. 194; renumbered § 358, Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 729, § 2(a)(1), 68 Stat. 706; amended Pub. L. 103–414, title III, § 303(a)(19), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4295.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This part, referred to in text, commences with sec- tion 351 of this title. AMENDMENTS 1994—Pub. L. 103–414 struck out ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Insofar as’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective May 20, 1937, see section 16 of act May 20, 1937, set out as a note under section 351 of this title. § 357. Safety information (a) Transmission of information concerning safe- ty at sea The master of every ship of the United States, equipped with radio transmitting apparatus, which meets with dangerous ice, a dangerous derelict, a tropical storm, or any other direct danger to navigation, or encounters subfreezing air temperatures associated with gale force