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 PUBLIC LAW 109–304—OCT. 6, 2006

120 STAT. 1485

Public Law 109–304 109th Congress An Act To complete the codification of title 46, United States Code, ‘‘Shipping’’, as positive law.

Oct. 6, 2006 [H.R. 1442]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19.

Table of contents. Purpose; conformity with original intent. Title analysis. Subtitle I of title 46. Subtitle II of title 46. Subtitle III of title 46. Subtitle IV of title 46. Subtitle V of title 46. Subtitle VI of title 46. Subtitle VII of title 46. Subtitle VIII of title 46. Maritime Administration. Amendments relating to Maritime Security Act of 2003. Amendments to partially restated provisions. Additional amendments to title 46. Recreational boating safety technical amendments. Conforming amendments to other laws. Transitional and savings provisions. Repeals.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE; CONFORMITY WITH ORIGINAL INTENT.

(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to complete the codification of title 46, United States Code, ‘‘Shipping’’, as positive law, by reorganizing and restating the laws currently in the appendix to title 46. (b) CONFORMITY WITH ORIGINAL INTENT.—In the codification of laws by this Act, the intent is to conform to the understood policy, intent, and purpose of the Congress in the original enactments, with such amendments and corrections as will remove ambiguities, contradictions, and other imperfections, in accordance with section 205(c)(1) of House Resolution No. 988, 93d Congress, as enacted into law by Public Law 93–554 (2 U.S.C. 285b(1)).

46 USC note prec. 101.

SEC. 3. TITLE ANALYSIS.

The title analysis of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘Subtitle Sec. ‘‘I. GENERAL ................................................................................................ 101 ‘‘II. VESSELS AND SEAMEN ...................................................................... 2101 ‘‘III. MARITIME LIABILITY ......................................................................... 0101 3 ‘‘IV. REGULATION OF OCEAN SHIPPING .............................................. 0101 4 ‘‘V. MERCHANT MARINE ........................................................................... 0101 5

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