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title: "46 U.S.C. § 51507"
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title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
chapter_number: "515"
chapter_name: "STATE MARITIME ACADEMY SUPPORT PROGRAM"
section: "51507"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 51507"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 51507 - Places of training

## Text

The Secretary of Transportation may provide for the training of students attending a State maritime academy—

(1) on vessels owned or subsidized by the United States Government;

(2) on other documented vessels, with the permission of the owner; and

(3) in shipyards or plants and with industrial or educational organizations.

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1579.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5150746 App.:1295c(c) (3)(A).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title XIII, § 1304(c)(3)(A), as added Pub. L. 96–453, § 2, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2003. In paragraph (2), the words “with the permission of the owner” are substituted for “if the owner . . . cooperates in such use” for clarity.