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 102 STAT. 4738

PUBLIC LAW 100-710—NOV. 23, 1988

"(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.". (b) The title analysis at the beginning of subtitle II of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding after item 123 in part H: "125. Vessel Identification System

12501".

CHAPTERS 301 AND 313 OF TITLE 46

46 USC note prec. 2101.

SEC. 102. (a) Certain general and permanent laws of the United States, related to definitions and maritime commercial instruments and liens, are revised, consolidated, and enacted by paragraph (3) of this subsection as subtitle III of title 46, United States Code, "Shipping". (b) The title analysis at the beginning of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "Subtitle "I. GENERAL "II. VESSELS AND SEAMEN„,..^.. "III. MARITIME LIABILITY "[BALANCE OF TITLE RESERVED]"

Sec. 101 2101 30101

(c) Title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle: "Subtitle III—Maritime Liability

"Chapter "301. General "[Chapters 303-311—Reserved] '313. Commercial Instruments and Maritime Liens........................ "[Chapter 315—Reserved]

Sec. 30101 31301

"CHAPTER 301—GENERAL "Sec. "30101. Definitions.

"§ 30101. Definitions "In this subtitle— "(1) 'documented vessel' means a vessel documented under chapter 121 of this title; "(2) 'foreign vessel' means a vessel of foreign registry or operated under the authority of a foreign country; "(3) 'public vessel' means (except in chapter 315 of this title) a vessel that is owned, demise chartered, or operated by the United States Government or a government of a foreign country; "(4) 'recreational vessel' means a vessel— "(A) operated primarily for pleasure; or "(B) leased, rented, or demise chartered to another for the latter's pleasure; "(5) 'seaman' means a master or a crewmember of a vessel in operation; "(6) 'State' means a State of the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the District of Columbia, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States;

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