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PUBLIC LAW 96-594—DEC. 24, 1980 Statutes at large Chapter
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Public Law 85-237
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Public Law 85-157 Public Law 85-219
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46 USC 65 note.
SEC. 128. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This title shall be effective on the first day of the eighteenth month following the month in which enacted. Tonnage Measurement SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the "Tonnage Simplification Act Measurement Simplification Act". 46 USC 71 note.
TITLE II
SEC. 202. MEASUREMENT.—Section 4148 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended (46 U.S.C. 71) is further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 4148. (a) Before a vessel is documented or recorded under the laws of the United States, or where the application of a law of the United States to a vessel is determined by its tonnage, the vessel shall be measured by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating. The Secretary may, by regulation, provide for the temporary documentation of a vessel prior to the measurement required by this section. "(b) A vessel required to be measured under subsection (a) of this section, other than a vessel used exclusively for pleasure, shall be measured as prescribed in sections 4151 and 4153 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended, and to the extent applicable, as prescribed in Public Law 89-219, September 29, 1965 (79 Stat. 891; 46 U.S.C. 83-83k) if— "(1) it engages or intends to engage in an international voyage by sea; or "(2) it is at least twenty-four meters in length and is selfpropelled. "(c) A vessel not required to be measured under subsection (b) of this section may be so measured if requested by its owner. A vessel not measured under subsection (b) shall be assigned gross and net tonnages by the Secretary which are functions of its length, breadth, depth, and other dimensions, including appropriate coefficients. The Secretary shall prescribe the manner in which dimensions are
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46 USC 75,77
Vessels, nonmeasurement.
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