Title 46
1,005 sections in this title — page 1 of 11.
§ 101
Agency
Subtitle Subtitle I— General › Chapter 1— DEFINITIONS
§ 10101
Definitions
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 101— GENERAL
§ 10103
Reports
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 101— GENERAL
§ 10104
Requirement to report sexual offenses
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 101— GENERAL
§ 10105
Reports to Congress
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 101— GENERAL
§ 102
Barge
Subtitle Subtitle I— General › Chapter 1— DEFINITIONS
§ 103
Boundary Line
Subtitle Subtitle I— General › Chapter 1— DEFINITIONS
§ 10301
Application
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 10302
Shipping articles agreements
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 10303
Provisions
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 10304
Form of agreement
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 10305
Manner of signing agreement
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 10306
Exhibiting merchant mariners’ documents
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 10307
Posting agreements
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 10308
Foreign engagements
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 10309
Engaging seamen to replace those lost by desertion or casualty
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 10310
Discharge
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 10311
Certificates of discharge
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 10312
Settlements on discharge
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 10313
Wages
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 10314
Advances
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 10315
Allotments
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 10316
Trusts
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 10317
Loss of lien and right to wages
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 10318
Wages on discharge in foreign ports
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 10319
Costs of a criminal conviction
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 10320
Records of seamen
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 10321
General penalty
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
§ 104
Citizen of the United States
Subtitle Subtitle I— General › Chapter 1— DEFINITIONS
§ 105
Consular officer
Subtitle Subtitle I— General › Chapter 1— DEFINITIONS
§ 10501
Application
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 105— COASTWISE VOYAGES
§ 10502
Shipping articles agreements
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 105— COASTWISE VOYAGES
§ 10503
Exhibiting merchant mariners’ documents
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 105— COASTWISE VOYAGES
§ 10504
Wages
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 105— COASTWISE VOYAGES
§ 10505
Advances
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 105— COASTWISE VOYAGES
§ 10506
Trusts
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 105— COASTWISE VOYAGES
§ 10508
General penalties
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 105— COASTWISE VOYAGES
§ 10509
Penalty for failing to begin voyage
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 105— COASTWISE VOYAGES
§ 106
Documented vessel
Subtitle Subtitle I— General › Chapter 1— DEFINITIONS
§ 10601
Fishing agreements
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 106— FISHING VOYAGES
§ 10602
Recovery of wages and shares of fish under agreement
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 106— FISHING VOYAGES
§ 10603
Seaman’s duty to notify employer regarding illness, disability, and injury
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 106— FISHING VOYAGES
§ 107
Exclusive economic zone
Subtitle Subtitle I— General › Chapter 1— DEFINITIONS
§ 10701
Application
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 107— EFFECTS OF DECEASED SEAMEN
§ 10702
Duties of masters
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 107— EFFECTS OF DECEASED SEAMEN
§ 10703
Procedures of masters
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 107— EFFECTS OF DECEASED SEAMEN
§ 10704
Duties of consular officers
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 107— EFFECTS OF DECEASED SEAMEN
§ 10705
Disposition of money, property, and wages by consular officers
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 107— EFFECTS OF DECEASED SEAMEN
§ 10706
Seamen dying in the United States
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 107— EFFECTS OF DECEASED SEAMEN
§ 10708
Sale of property
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 107— EFFECTS OF DECEASED SEAMEN
§ 10709
Distribution
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 107— EFFECTS OF DECEASED SEAMEN
§ 10710
Unclaimed money, property, and wages
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 107— EFFECTS OF DECEASED SEAMEN
§ 10711
Penalties
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 107— EFFECTS OF DECEASED SEAMEN
§ 108
Fisheries
Subtitle Subtitle I— General › Chapter 1— DEFINITIONS
§ 109
Foreign commerce or trade
Subtitle Subtitle I— General › Chapter 1— DEFINITIONS
§ 10901
Application
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 109— PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS
§ 10902
Complaints of unfitness
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 109— PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS
§ 10903
Proceedings on examination of vessel
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 109— PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS
§ 10904
Refusal to proceed
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 109— PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS
§ 10905
Complaints in foreign ports
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 109— PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS
§ 10906
Discharge of crew for unsuitability
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 109— PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS
§ 10907
Permission to make complaint
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 109— PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS
§ 10908
Penalty for sending unseaworthy vessel to sea
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 109— PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS
§ 110
Foreign vessel
Subtitle Subtitle I— General › Chapter 1— DEFINITIONS
§ 111
Numbered vessel
Subtitle Subtitle I— General › Chapter 1— DEFINITIONS
§ 11101
Accommodations for seamen
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 111— PROTECTION AND RELIEF
§ 11102
Medicine chests
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 111— PROTECTION AND RELIEF
§ 11103
Slop chests
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 111— PROTECTION AND RELIEF
§ 11104
Destitute seamen
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 111— PROTECTION AND RELIEF
§ 11105
Wages on discharge when vessel sold
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 111— PROTECTION AND RELIEF
§ 11106
Wages on justifiable complaint of seamen
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 111— PROTECTION AND RELIEF
§ 11107
Unlawful engagements void
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 111— PROTECTION AND RELIEF
§ 11108
Taxes
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 111— PROTECTION AND RELIEF
§ 11109
Attachment of wages
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 111— PROTECTION AND RELIEF
§ 11110
Seamen’s clothing
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 111— PROTECTION AND RELIEF
§ 11111
Limit on amount recoverable on voyage
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 111— PROTECTION AND RELIEF
§ 11112
Master’s lien for wages
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 111— PROTECTION AND RELIEF
§ 11113
Treatment of abandoned seafarers
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 111— PROTECTION AND RELIEF
§ 112
State
Subtitle Subtitle I— General › Chapter 1— DEFINITIONS
§ 11201
Eligibility for veterans’ burial and cemetery benefits
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 112— MERCHANT MARINER BENEFITS
§ 11202
Qualified service
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 112— MERCHANT MARINER BENEFITS
§ 11203
Documentation of qualified service
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 112— MERCHANT MARINER BENEFITS
§ 11204
Processing fees
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 112— MERCHANT MARINER BENEFITS
§ 113
Undocumented
Subtitle Subtitle I— General › Chapter 1— DEFINITIONS
§ 11301
Logbook and entry requirements
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 113— OFFICIAL LOGBOOKS
§ 11302
Manner of making entries
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 113— OFFICIAL LOGBOOKS
§ 11303
Penalties
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 113— OFFICIAL LOGBOOKS
§ 11304
Additional logbook and entry requirements
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 113— OFFICIAL LOGBOOKS
§ 114
United States
Subtitle Subtitle I— General › Chapter 1— DEFINITIONS
§ 115
Vessel
Subtitle Subtitle I— General › Chapter 1— DEFINITIONS
§ 11501
Penalties for specified offenses
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 115— OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
§ 11502
Entry of offenses in logbook
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 115— OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
§ 11503
Duties of consular officers related to insubordination
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 115— OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
§ 11504
Enforcement of forfeitures
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 115— OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
§ 11505
Disposal of forfeitures
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 115— OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
§ 11506
Carrying sheath knives
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 115— OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
§ 11507
Surrender of offending officers
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 115— OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
§ 116
Vessel of the United States
Subtitle Subtitle I— General › Chapter 1— DEFINITIONS
§ 12101
Definitions
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part H— Identification of Vessels › Chapter 121— DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS › Subchapter I— GENERAL
§ 12102
Vessels requiring documentation
Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part H— Identification of Vessels › Chapter 121— DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS › Subchapter I— GENERAL