Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§3823 Regulations Governing Inspection
Title 22 › CHAPTER 51 — PANAMA CANAL › SUBCHAPTER I — ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS › Part 8 — Shipping and Navigation › subpart ii — inspection of vessels › § 3823
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The Commission must create and can update rules for inspecting ships and boats, and those rules should match U.S. Coast Guard inspection laws as closely as possible.
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Title 22, §3823
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The Commission shall prescribe, and from time to time may amend, regulations concerning the inspection of vessels conforming as nearly as practicable to the laws and regulations governing marine inspection by the United States Coast Guard.
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For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
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22 U.S.C. § 3823
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102