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title: "46 U.S.C. § 30909"
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title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
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chapter_name: "SUITS IN ADMIRALTY AGAINST THE UNITED STATES"
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citation: "46 U.S.C. § 30909"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 30909 - Security

## Text

Neither the United States nor a federally-owned corporation may be required to give a bond or admiralty stipulation in a civil action under this chapter.

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1519.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3090946 App.:743 (last sentence).Mar. 9, 1920, ch. 95, § 3 (last sentence), 41 Stat. 526; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(25)(A), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 155. The words “civil action” are substituted for “proceeding” for consistency in this chapter and with rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 App. U.S.C.).