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46 U.S.C. 3507: Passenger vessel security and safety requirements

Created in 2010 by Public Law 111-207. Changed by 4 later laws. 1 new law this Congress changed it.

This Congress

  • S. 1071 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · became law · changed (d), (f)

How it got here

2022

  • Pub. L. 117–263, §11802(1), substituted "250 or more" for "at least 250". (James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023) Law text · (k)
  • Pub. L. 117–263, §11802(2), added subpar. (B) and struck out former subpar. (B). Prior to amendment, subpar. (B) read as follows: "has onboard sleeping facilities for each passenger; and". (James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023) Law text · (k)

2021

  • Pub. L. 116–283, §8440(a), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted heading, struck out ", as determined by the Secretary" before the period, and added subpars. (B) to (H). (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 116–283, §8440(b)(2), added par. (2). Former par. (2) redesignated (3). (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 116–283, §8440(b)(1), (3), redesignated par. (2) as (3), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted heading, and added subpars. (B) and (C). (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 116–283, §8440(c)(1), added par. (4). (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 116–283, §8311, struck out subpar. (D) which read as follows: "is not engaged on a coastwise voyage." (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (k)

2018

  • Pub. L. 115–232, §3543(a)(1), struck out par. (3) which related to effective date of par. (1) requirements. (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 115–232, §3543(a)(2), substituted "services as confidential" for "services confidential". (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text · (e)
  • Pub. L. 115–232, §3543(a)(3), substituted "The Secretary shall maintain" for "Within 6 months after the date of enactment of the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010, the Secretary shall issue". (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text · (i)
  • Pub. L. 115–232, §3541(b)(9)(A), substituted "section 2101(31)" for "section 2101(22)" in introductory provisions. (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text · (k)
  • Pub. L. 115–232, §3541(b)(9)(B), added subsec. (l) and struck out former subsec. (l) which defined "Commandant" and "owner". (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text · (l)

2014

  • Pub. L. 113–281, §321(a)(1), substituted "each incident specified in clause (i) to the Internet website maintained by the Secretary of Transportation under paragraph (4)(A)" for "the incident to an Internet based portal maintained by the Secretary". (Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014) Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 113–281, §321(a)(2), substituted "Internet website maintained by the Secretary of Transportation under paragraph (4)(A)" for "Internet based portal maintained by the Secretary". (Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014) Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 113–281, §321(b)(1), added subpar. (A) and struck out former subpar. (A). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Secretary shall maintain a statistical compilation of all incidents described in paragraph (3)(A)(i) on an Internet site that provides a numerical acco… (Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014) Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 113–281, §321(b)(2), substituted "Secretary of Transportation" for "Secretary". (Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014) Law text · (g)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.