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PUBLIC LAW 85-911-SEPT. 2, 1958

District of Columbia, and every motorboat or vessel owned in a State and using the high seas. "(b) As used in this Act— "The term 'State' means a State of the United States, a Territory of the United States, and the District of Columbia." SEC. 7. (a) The Secretary shall make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act: Provided, That such rules and regulations shall be submitted to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate when Congress is in session, and shall not become effective until sixty days thereafter. (b) The Secretary may, from time to time, and for such periods as he may prescribe, exempt any vessel or class of vessels from the numbering provisions of suDsection (d) of section 3 of this Act. SEC. 8. (a) Whoever being the owner of a vessel required to be numbered under this Act, violates section 8 or 4 of this Act, or regulations established by the Secretary under section 7 of this Act, shall be liable to a penalty of $50 for each violation. Whoever operates a vessel in violation of section 3 of this Act, or regulations established by the Secretary under section 7 of this Act, shall be liable to a penalty of $50 for each violation. (b) The Secretary may assess and collect any penalty incurred under this Act or any regulations prescribed pursuant to section 7 of this Act. The Secretary may, in his discretion, remit or mitigate any penalty imposed under this section, or discontinue prosecution therefor on such terms as he may deem proper. (c) Commissioned, warrant, and petty officers of the Coast Guard may board any vessel required to be numbered under this Act at any time such vessel is found upon the navigable waters of the United States, its Territories and the District of Columbia, or on the high seas, address inquiries to those on board, require appropriate proof of identification therefrom, examine the certificate of number issued under this Act, or in the absence of such certificate require appropriate proof of identification of the owner of the vessel, and, in addition, examine such vessel for compliance with this Act, the Act of April 25, 1940, as amended, and the applicable rules of the road. SEC. 9. It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to encourage uniformity of boating laws, rules, and regulations as among the several States and the Federal Government to the fullest extent practicable, subject to reasonable exceptions arising out of local conditions. In the interest of fostering the development, use, and enjoyment of all the waters of the United States it is further declared to be the policy of the Congress hereby to encourage the highest degree of reciprocity and comity among the several jurisdictions. The Secretary, acting under the authority of section 141 of title 14 of the United States Code, shall to the greatest possible extent enter into agreements and other arrangements with the States to insure that there shall be the fullest possible cooperation in the enforcement of both State and Federal statutes, rules, and regulations relating to recreational boating. SEC. 10. The Secretary is authorized and directed to compile, analyze, and publish, either in summar}^ or detailed form, the information obtained by him from the accident reports transmitted to him under section 3(c)(6) of this Act, and under section 13(c) of the Act entitled "An Act to amend laws for preventing collisions of vessels, to regulate equipment of certain motorboats on the navigable waters of the United States, and for other purposes", approved April 25, 1940 (46 U.S.C. 5261), together with such findings concerning the causes of such accidents and such recommendations for their prevention as he may deem necessary. Such information shall

Rules and regulations. Reports to Congress.

Ante, p. 1755. Ante, 1756.

p.

1754,

Penalties.

Inspection by Coast Guard.

54 Stat. 163. 46 USC 526 et seq. Uniform i t y of laws, etc.

63 Stat. 505.

P u b l i c ation of findings. Ante, p. 1755.

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