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title: "14 U.S.C. § 3908"
description: "Vessel deemed public vessel"
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title_name: "COAST GUARD"
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# 14 U.S.C. § 3908 - Vessel deemed public vessel
## Text
While assigned to authorized Coast Guard duty, any motorboat or yacht shall be deemed to be a public vessel of the United States and a vessel of the Coast Guard within the meaning of sections 937 and 938 of this title and other applicable provisions of law.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 555, § 827; Pub. L. 104324, title IV, § 406, Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3924; renumbered § 3908 and amended Pub. L. 115282, title I, §§ 119(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4236, 4240.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision NotesBased on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 266 (Feb. 19, 1941, ch. 8, title I, § 7, 55 Stat. 10). Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
Editorial Notes
Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115282, § 123(b)(2), substituted “sections 937 and 938” for “sections 646 and 647”. Pub. L. 115282, § 119(b), renumbered section 827 of this title as this section. 1996—Pub. L. 104324 reenacted section catchline without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Any motorboat or yacht, while assigned to authorized Coast Guard duty shall be deemed to be a public vessel of the United States, and within the meaning of section 646 of this title shall be deemed to be a vessel of the Coast Guard.”