Title 46, ShippingRelease 119-102

§80304 Limitation on Ice Patrol Data

Title 46 › Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 803 — ICE AND DERELICTS › § 80304

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Only share ice patrol data with vessels that are U.S.-documented or documented by a foreign country that paid under section 80301(b) in the year before the data was collected, despite sections 80301 and 80302.

Full Legal Text

Title 46, §80304

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Notwithstanding section 80301 and 80302, data collected by an ice patrol conducted by the Coast Guard under this chapter may not be disseminated to a vessel unless such vessel is—
(1)documented under the laws of the United States; or
(2)documented under the laws of a foreign country that made the payment or contribution required under section 80301(b) for the year preceding the year in which the data is collected.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 2017, see section 314(c) of Pub. L. 113–281, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2014 Amendment note under section 80301 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

46 U.S.C. § 80304

Title 46, Shipping

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102