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title: "46 U.S.C. § 51503"
description: "Regional maritime academies"
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title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
chapter_number: "515"
chapter_name: "STATE MARITIME ACADEMY SUPPORT PROGRAM"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 51503 - Regional maritime academies

## Text

The Governors of the States cooperating to sponsor a regional maritime academy shall designate in writing one of those States to conduct the affairs of that academy. A regional maritime academy is eligible for assistance from the United States Government on the same basis as a State maritime academy sponsored by a single State.

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1577.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5150346 App.:1295c(b).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title XIII, § 1304(b), as added Pub. L. 96–453, § 2, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2003. The reference to territories is omitted as unnecessary because of the definition of “State” in chapter 1 of the revised title.