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title: "46 U.S.C. § 50104"
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# 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.