Files
republic-os/legal/us/code/title-46/chapter-89/section-8905.md
T
Fabio 76b8ec33a7 Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)
Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 10:51:44 -04:00

3.6 KiB
Raw Blame History

type, title, description, jurisdiction, corpus, kind, title_number, title_name, chapter_number, chapter_name, section, citation, status, release_point, release_date, source, source_url, source_identifier, source_file, source_hash, raw_snapshot_hash, text_hash, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
type title description jurisdiction corpus kind title_number title_name chapter_number chapter_name section citation status release_point release_date source source_url source_identifier source_file source_hash raw_snapshot_hash text_hash retrieved_at confidence tags
LegalText 46 U.S.C. § 8905 Exemptions us united_states_code code_section 46 SHIPPING 89 SMALL VESSEL MANNING 8905 46 U.S.C. § 8905 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc46@119-100.zip /us/usc/t46/s8905 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-46/usc46.xml 85a3510c6978b0109996a2833b2f4986e1a568149bad349f0b15919be182f86c eb1331aa3c08ed87231a3606d86b30d1b5942cdf8542f6a3df8ac1d66e86057f 6ab443e440360f4d8210cc286b2cfff9239b1473011ed24135391212ce1893a1 2026-07-04 official
legal
us-code

46 U.S.C. § 8905 - Exemptions

Text

(a) Section 8903 of this title applies to a recreational vessel operated in dealer demonstrations only if the Secretary decides that the application of section 8903 is necessary for recreational vessel safety under section 4302(d) of this title.

(b) Section 8904 of this title does not apply to an oil spill response vessel while engaged in oil spill response or training activities.

(c) After consultation with the Governor of Alaska and the State boating law administrator of Alaska, the Secretary may exempt an individual operating a self-propelled uninspected passenger vessel from the requirements of section 8903 of this title, if—

(1) the individual only operates such vessel wholly within waters located in Alaska; and

(2) such vessel is—

(A) 26 feet or less in length; and

(B) carrying not more than 6 passengers.

(Pub. L. 9889, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 556; Pub. L. 104324, title VII, § 734, title XI, § 1104(f), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3941, 3967; Pub. L. 111281, title VI, § 606, Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2967; Pub. L. 116283, div. G, title LVXXXIII [LXXXIII], § 8317, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4700.)

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 8905(a)46:1461(f) 8905(b)46:405(b)(3) Section 8905 provides for certain exemptions from the requirements of this chapter. Subsection (a) exempts dealer demonstration recreational vessels from the licensed operator requirement in section 8903 unless the Secretary decides that safety considerations require the application of that section. Subsection (b) exempts an offshore supply vessel of less than 200 gross tons from the licensed operator requirement under section 8904 when used in the offshore mineral and oil industry.

Editorial Notes

Amendments2021—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116283 added subsec. (c). 2010—Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 111281 redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: “Section 8904 of this title does not apply to a vessel of less than 200 gross tons as measured under section 14502 of this title, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of this title engaged in the offshore mineral and oil industry if the vessel has offshore mineral and oil industry sites or equipment as its ultimate destination or place of departure.” 1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104324, § 734, inserted “as measured under section 14502 of this title, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of this title” after “200 gross tons”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104324, § 1104(f), added subsec. (c).