PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary of Transportation must, under rules the Secretary sets and for law enforcement or other reasons, give information from the vessel identification system to any State that is sharing information under section 12503(a). The Secretary may also share that vessel information with other people or groups.

Title 46, §12504

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For law enforcement or other purposes and under conditions prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary—

(1)shall make available information in the vessel identification system to a State making information available under section 12503(a) of this title; and

(2)may make available information in the vessel identification system to others.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section 12504 This section requires that the Secretary make available information maintained in the vessel identification system to a State participating in the system for law

Enforcement

or other purposes. The Secretary may make available information in the system to others, under conditions the Secretary may prescribe. At first, the Secretary may elect to deal only with the States. However, the Committee firmly expects that information will be made available through computer terminals in satellite offices or direct computer access by modem. In this manner, boating organizations or financial or documentation services could retrieve data without paper transactions for a fee.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1989—Pub. L. 101–225 substituted “Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary” for “Secretary, the Secretary of Transportation”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 1989, with certain exceptions and qualifications, see section 107 of Pub. L. 100–710, set out as a note under section 31301 of this title.

§12504 Information Available From the System