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# 46 U.S.C. § 30901 - Short title

## Text

This chapter may be cited as the “Suits in Admiralty Act”.

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1517.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3090146 App.:741 note.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short TitleAct Mar. 9, 1920, ch. 95, 41 Stat. 525, which enacted chapter 20 (§ 741 et seq.) of the former Appendix to this title, was popularly known as the “Suits in Admiralty Act”, prior to being repealed and restated in this chapter by Pub. L. 109–304, §§ 6(c), 19, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1509, 1710.