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§51503 Regional Maritime Academies
Title 46 › Subtitle V — Merchant Marine › Part B — Merchant Marine Service › CHAPTER 515 — STATE MARITIME ACADEMY SUPPORT PROGRAM › § 51503
Summary
Governors must choose and write down one State to run a regional maritime academy, which gets federal aid like a single-State maritime academy.
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Title 46, §51503
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The Governors of the States cooperating to sponsor a regional maritime academy shall designate in writing one of those States to conduct the affairs of that academy. A regional maritime academy is eligible for assistance from the United States Government on the same basis as a State maritime academy sponsored by a single State.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5150346 App.:1295c(b).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title XIII, § 1304(b), as added Pub. L. 96–453, § 2, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2003. The reference to territories is omitted as unnecessary because of the definition of “State” in chapter 1 of the revised title.
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46 U.S.C. § 51503
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Aug 21, 2026
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