Title 46 — ShippingRelease 119-73
§50106 Studies on the operation of vessels
Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle V— - Merchant Marine › Part Part A— - General › Chapter CHAPTER 501— - POLICY, STUDIES, AND REPORTS › § 50106
Summary
The Secretary of Transportation must keep up-to-date records on the costs to run ships that compete with U.S. vessels, including insurance, repairs, and crew pay. The Secretary must also record the number, location, and efficiency of U.S. shipyards, review navigation laws, and recommend changes to Congress to develop the U.S. merchant marine.
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Title 46, §50106
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(a)The Secretary of Transportation shall investigate, determine, and keep current records of the relative cost of marine insurance, maintenance, repairs, wages and subsistence of officers and crews, and all other items of expense, in the operation of comparable vessels under the laws and regulations of the United States and those of the foreign countries whose vessels are substantial competitors of American vessels.
(b)The Secretary shall investigate, determine, and keep current records of the number, location, and efficiency of shipyards in the United States.
(c)The Secretary shall examine the navigation laws and regulations of the United States and make such recommendations to Congress as the Secretary considers proper for the amendment, improvement, and revision of those laws and for the development of the merchant marine of the United States.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 50106(a)46 App.:811 (1st sentence words after 1st comma).Sept. 7, 1916, ch. 451, § 12 (1st sentence words after 1st comma, 3d sentence), 39 Stat. 732; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 12, eff. June 10, 1933; June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, § 204, title IX, § 904, 49 Stat. 1987, 2016; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(27), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 155. 46 App.:1121(e).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, § 211(e), (g), 49 Stat. 1989; Pub. L. 91–469, §§ 4(2), 5, 35(a), Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1018, 1035; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(67), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 159. 50106(b)46 App.:1121(g). 50106(c)46 App.:811 (3d sentence). In subsection (b), the words “existing on June 29, 1936, or thereafter built” are omitted as obsolete.
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46 U.S.C. § 50106
Title 46 — Shipping
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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