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verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-46/chapter-501/section-50104.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "46 U.S.C. § 50104"
+description: "Studies of general maritime problems"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "501"
+chapter_name: "POLICY, STUDIES, AND REPORTS"
+section: "50104"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 50104"
+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/s50104"
+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. § 50104 - Studies of general maritime problems
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of Transportation shall study all maritime problems arising in carrying out the policy in section 50101 of this title.
+
+(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1558.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5010446 App.:1122(a).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, § 212(a), 49 Stat. 1990; Aug. 6, 1981, Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(69), 95 Stat. 159.