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Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle III— - Maritime Liability › Chapter CHAPTER 309— - SUITS IN ADMIRALTY AGAINST THE UNITED STATES › § 30901

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This chapter may be cited as the “Suits in Admiralty Act”.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3090146 App.:741 note.

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Act Mar. 9, 1920, ch. 95, 41 Stat. 525, which enacted chapter 20 (§ 741 et seq.) of the former Appendix to this title, was popularly known as the “Suits in Admiralty Act”, prior to being repealed and restated in this chapter by Pub. L. 109–304, §§ 6(c), 19, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1509, 1710.

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46 U.S.C. § 30901

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