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with such findings concerning the causes of such accidents and such 

 recommendations for their prevention as he may deem necessary. 

 Such information shall be made available for public inspection in 

 such manner as the Secretary may de^m practicable. 



Enforcement provisions ; State jurisdiction unimpaired ; approval 

 of State numbering systems 



46 U.S.C. 527h 



The applicability and the jurisdiction for enforcement, upon the 

 navigable waters of the United States, the commonwealth of Puerto 

 Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the District of Columbia, of 

 the laws of the United States and of any State which require the 

 numbering and otherwise regulate the use of undocumented vessels, 

 shall be as follows : 



(1) Such laws of the Ignited States shall be applicable and 

 enforced on such waters by law enforcement officers of the United 

 States. 



(2) Such laws of any State in a State having a numbering 

 sjystem approved by the Secretary under section 527a (c) of this 

 title shall be applicable and enforced on such waters by law enforce- 

 ment officers of the State or by law enforcement officers of the ap- 

 propriate subdivisions of the State. 



(3) Nothing herein shall preclude enforcement of State or 

 Federal laws pursuant to agreements or other arrangements entered 

 into between the Secretary and any State within the contemplation 

 of section 527f of this title. 



(4) Nothing herein shall interfere with, abrogate or limit the 

 jurisdiction of any State: Provided^ Tioxoever^ That the Secretary 

 shall not approve any State system for numbering which does not 

 fully comply with the standards set forth in section 527a (c) of this 

 title. 



Delegation of Functions 



The following Treasury Department Order 167-32 (23 F.R. 7605) 

 was issued by the Acting Secretary of the Treasury under date of 

 September 23, 1958 : 



By virtue of the authority vested in me by Reorganization Plan No, 

 26 of 1950 and by 14 U.S.C. 631, there are transferred to the Com- 

 mandant, U.S. Coast Guard, the functions of the Secretary of the 

 Treasury under the Federal Boating Act of 1958 (Public Law 85-911 ; 

 72 Stat. 1754-1758) , an Act to promote boating safety on the navigable 

 waters of the United States. 



The Commandant may make provisions for the performance by 

 subordinates in the Coast Guard of any of the functions transferred 

 except the functions of prescribing rules and regulations and making 

 determinations that a State system for numbering meets the standards 

 set forth in the law. 



