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§51702 Civilian nautical schools
Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle V— - Merchant Marine › Part Part B— - Merchant Marine Service › Chapter CHAPTER 517— - OTHER SUPPORT FOR MERCHANT MARINE TRAINING › § 51702
Summary
A civilian nautical school is a U.S. school (not the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, a State maritime academy, or another federal school) that trains people who live on a vessel for service in the merchant marine. The Secretary of Transportation may inspect these schools and set rules to rate and certify their courses, instructors, and equipment.
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Title 46, §51702
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(a)In this section, the term “civilian nautical school” means a school operated in the United States (except the United States Merchant Marine Academy, a State maritime academy, or another school operated by the United States Government) that offers instruction to individuals quartered on a vessel primarily to train them for service in the merchant marine.
(b)Each civilian nautical school is subject to inspection by the Secretary of Transportation.
(c)The Secretary may, under regulations the Secretary may prescribe, provide for the rating and certification of civilian nautical schools as to the adequacy of their course of instruction, the competence of their instructors, and the suitability of the equipment used in their course of instruction.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5170246 App.:1295f.June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title XIII, § 1307, as added Pub. L. 96–453, § 2, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2007; Pub. L. 98–89, § 4(b), Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 603. The text of 46 App. U.S.C. 1295f(d) is omitted because it apparently was intended to apply to former 46 App. U.S.C. 1295f(c), which was repealed in 1983.
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46 U.S.C. § 51702
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Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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