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§6305 Reports of Investigations
Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part D— Marine Casualties › Chapter 63— INVESTIGATING MARINE CASUALTIES › § 6305
Summary
The Secretary must make rules about how investigation reports should look and how they must be submitted or processed. Those reports must be made available to the public, except for information covered by section 552(b) of title 5 or by any other federal law that keeps it secret.
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Title 46, §6305
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(a)The Secretary shall prescribe regulations about the form and manner of reports of investigations conducted under this part.
(b)Reports of investigations conducted under this part shall be made available to the public. This subsection does not require the release of information described by section 552(b) of title 5 or protected from disclosure by another law of the United States.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 630546:239(g)46:239(k) section 6305 requires the Secretary to prescribe
Regulations
about the form and manner of reports of investigations of marine casualties. It also provides that the reports shall be available to the public, except for any information they contain related to national security.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1998—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–383 substituted “. This subsection does not require the release of information described by section 552(b) of title 5 or protected from disclosure by another law of the United States.” for “, except to the extent that they contain information related to the national security.”
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Citation
46 U.S.C. § 6305
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Apr 5, 2026
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