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legal/us/code/title-46/chapter-43/section-4305.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "46 U.S.C. § 4305"
+description: "Exemptions and equivalents"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "43"
+chapter_name: "RECREATIONAL VESSELS"
+section: "4305"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 4305"
+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/s4305"
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+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 4305 - Exemptions and equivalents
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Exemptions.— If the Secretary considers that recreational vessel safety will not be adversely affected, the Secretary may issue an exemption from this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter.
+
+(b) Equivalents.— The Secretary may accept a substitution for associated equipment performance or other safety standards for a recreational vessel if the substitution provides an equivalent level of safety.
+
+(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 531; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXIII [LXXXIII], § 8318(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4700.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 430546:1458 Section 4305 permits the Secretary to grant appropriate exemptions from the requirements of this chapter when recreational vessel safety will not be adversely affected.
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “Exemptions and equivalents” for “Exemptions” in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).