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legal/us/code/title-46/chapter-121/section-12131.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "46 U.S.C. § 12131"
+description: "Command of documented vessels"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "121"
+chapter_name: "DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS"
+section: "12131"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 12131"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc46@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s12131"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-46/usc46.xml"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 12131 - Command of documented vessels
+
+## Text
+
+(a) In General.— Except as provided in subsection (b), a documented vessel may be placed under the command only of a citizen or noncitizen national (as such term is described in section 308 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1408)) of the United States.
+
+(b) Exceptions.— Subsection (a) does not apply to—
+
+(1) a vessel with only a recreational endorsement; or
+
+(2) an unmanned barge operating outside of the territorial waters of the United States.
+
+(Pub. L. 109–304, § 5, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1505; Pub. L. 110–181, div. C, title XXXV, § 3529(a)(3), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 603; Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXIII, § 7301(b)(2)(C), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1752.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 1213146:12110(d).
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments2025—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 119–60 inserted “or noncitizen national (as such term is described in section 308 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1408))” after “citizen”. 2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–181 substituted “command” for “commmand”.