LAWS GOVERNING MARINE INSPECTION 



Chapter 1.— ORGANIC LAWS GOVERNING UNITED STATES 



COAST GUARD 



SUBCHAPTER lA.— GENERAL PROVISIONS 



REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 3 OF 1946 



Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the 

 House of Representatives in Congress assembled, May 16, 1946, pur- 

 suant to the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1945, approved 

 December 20, 1945.^ 



Part I. Department of the Treasury 



Section 101. Fvixrt'umj^ tram^ferred to the United States Coast 

 Guard, (a) There are hereby transferred to the Commandant of the 

 Coast Guard those functions of the bureau, offices, and boards speci- 

 fied in the fii-st sentence of section 104 of this plan, and of the Secre- 

 tary of Commerce, which pertain to ajjproval of plans for the con- 

 struction, repair, and alteration of vessels; approval of materials, 

 equipment, and appliances; classification of vessels; inspection of 

 vessels, and their equipment and appliances ; issuance of certificates of 

 inspection and of permits indicating the approval of vessels for op- 

 erations which may be hazardous to life or property; administration 

 of load line requirements; enforcement of other pro^dsions for the 

 safety of life and property on vessels; licensing and certificating of 

 officers, pilots, and seamen ; suspension and revocation of licenses and 

 certificates; investigation of marine casualties; enforcement of man- 

 ning requirements, citizenship requirements, and requirements for 

 the mustering and drilling of crews, control of logbooks, shipment, 

 discharge, protection, and welfare of merchant seamen ; enforcement 

 of duties of shipowners and officers after accidents; promulgation 

 and enforcement of rules for lights, signals, speed, steering, sailing, 

 passing, anchorage, movement, and towlines of vessels and lights 

 and signals on bridges; numbering of undocumented vessels; pre- 

 scription and enforcement of regulations for outfitting and operation 

 of motorboats; licensing of motorboat operators; regulation of regat- 

 tas and marine parades; all other functions of such bureau, offices, 

 and boards which are not specified in section 102 of this plan; and 

 all other functions of the Secretary of Commerce pertaining to those 

 functions of the agencies abolished under section 104 of this plan 

 which are not specified in section 102 of this plan, including the 

 remission and mitigation of fines, penalties, and forfeitures incurred 



1 Effpptive July 16, 1946, under the provisions of section 6 of the act ; published pur- 

 suant to section 11 of the act (Public Law 263. 79th Cong.). 



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