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SUBCHAPTER ID.— ADMINISTRATION OF NAVIGATION LAWS 



Regulations for preventing collisions at sea; proclamation by 

 President ; applicability 



33 U.S.C. 143 



Tlie President is authorized to proclaim the regulations set forth 

 in sections 144-147d of this title for preventing collisions involving 

 wat«rborne craft upon the high seas, and in all waters connected there- 

 with. Such proclamations, together with the regulations, shall be 

 published in the Federal Register, and after the effective date specified 

 m such proclamation, such regulations shall have effect as if enacted 

 by statute and shall be followed by all public and private vessels of the 

 United States, and by all aircraft of United States registry to the 

 extent therein made applicable. Sections 144-147d of this title shall 

 not apply to the harbors, rivers, and inland waters of the United 

 States; to the Great Lakes of North America and their connecting 

 and tributary waters as far east as the lower exit of the Lachine Canal 

 in Montreal in the Province of Quebec, Canada ; to the Red River of 

 the North and the rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and their 

 tributaries; nor, with respect to aircraft, to any territorial waters 

 of the United States. (Oct. 11, 1951, c. 495, § 1, 65 Stat. 406.) 



Note. — Sections 143 to 147d were repealed on date international regulations authorized 

 to be proclaimed under Public Law 8&-131, approved September 24, 1963, take eflfect, see 

 section 3 of that act. The provisions of Public Law 88-131 are in 38 U.S.C. 1051-1094. 

 and become effective September 1, 1965. 



Navy and Coast Guard vessels; exemption regarding lights 



33 U.S.C. 143a 



Any requirements of sections 144-147d of this title in respect of 

 the number, position, range of visibility, or arc of visibility of the 

 lights required to be displayed by vessels shall not apply to any vessel 

 of the Navy or of the Coast Guard whenever the Secretary of the Navy 

 or the Secret a rj' of the Treasury, in the case of Coast Guard vessels 

 operating under the Treasury Department, or such official as either 

 may designate, shall find or certify that, by reason of special con- 

 stniction, it is not possible for such vessel or class of vessels to comply 

 with such sections. Tlie lights of any such exempted vessel or class 

 of vessels, however, siiall conform as closely to the requirements of 

 the applicable regulations in such sections as the Secretary or such 

 official shall find or certify to be feasible. Notice of such findings 

 or certification and of the character and position of the lights pre- 

 scribed to be displayed on such exempted vessel or class of vessels 

 shall be published in the Federal Register and in the Notice to Mariners 

 and, after the effective date specified in such notice, shall have effect 

 as part of such regulations. (Oct. 11, 1951, c. 495, § 2, 65 Stat. 407.) 



Regulations for preventing collisions at sea; proclamation by 

 President; effective date; publication; applicability 



33 U.S.C. 1051 



The President is authorized to proclaim the regulations set forth 

 in sections 1061-1094 of this title for preventing collisions involving 



