12 2 STA T .430 0 PUBLIC LA W 110 – 40 7—O CT. 13 , 200 8LEGIS L AT I V E H IST ORY— S .3598( H.R. 62 95 ):C O N GRESSIONAL RECOR D, V ol . 1 5 4 (2 0 08): S ept . 25, c o nsid e r ed a nd passed Senate. Sept. 2 7 , 29, considered and passed Ho u se. ‘ ‘ (B)acertif icate o fc l a s sificatio n iss u e dby t h e v essel ’ s classification society u p on co m pletion of relevant classifica - tion surveys and valid at the time of the offense
or ‘‘( C ) g overnment documents evidencing licensure , regu- lation, or registration for research or e x ploration . ‘‘(d) C IV I LPENA L TY . —A person violating this section shall be liable to the U nited S tates for a civil penalty of not more than $1 , 0 00,000.’’ (b) C O N F O RM IN G AMEN D MENT S .— (1) T he chapter analysis for chapter 7 0 5 of title 46 , United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 70507 the follo w ing
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‘70508. Operation o f su bm ersible v essel or semi - submersible vessel w it h out nation- alit y’ ’. ( 2 ) Section 70504(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or 7050 8 ’’ after ‘‘7050 3 ’’. (3) Section 70505 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by stri k ing ‘‘this title’’ and inserting ‘‘this title, or against whom a civil enforcement proceeding is brought under section 70508,’’. SEC.203 . S UBM E R S I B L E V ESSEL AND SEMI - SUBMERSIBLE VESSEL DE F INED. Section 70502 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: ‘‘(f) SEMI-S UB MERSIBLE V ESSEL; SUBMERSIBLE VESSEL.— I n this chapter: ‘‘(1) SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE VESSEL.—The term ‘semi-submers- ible vessel’ means any watercraft constructed or adapted to be capable of operating with most of its hull and bulk under the surface of the water, including both manned and unmanned watercraft. ‘‘(2) SUBMERSIBLE VESSEL.—The term ‘submersible vessel’ means a vessel that is capable of operating completely below the surface of the water, including both manned and unmanned watercraft.’’. Approved O ctober 13, 2008.
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