80 LAWS GOVERNING MARINE INSPECTION 



Penalty in cases not provided for 



46 U.S.C. 498 (R.S. 4500) 



The penalty for the violation of any provision of title 52 of the 

 Revised Statutes not otherwise specially provided for, shall be a fine 

 of $500, recoverable one-half for the use of the informer. 



Emergency foreign vessel acquisition; documentation of vessels; 

 waiver of compliance 



50 U.S.C. 198 



(a) Any vessel not documented under the laws of the United 

 States, acquired by or made available to the Secretary of Commerce 

 under sections 196-198 of this title, or otherwise, may, notwithstand- 

 ing any other provision of law, in the discretion of the Secretary 

 of the Treasury be documented as a vessel of the United States 

 under such rules and regulations or orders, and with such limitations, 

 as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe or issue as necessary 

 or appropriate to carry out the purposes and provisions of sec- 

 tions 196-198 of this title, and in accordance with the provisions of 

 subsection (c) of this section, engage in the coastwise trade when 

 so documented. Any document issued to a vessel under the pro- 

 visions of this subsection shall be surrendered at any time that such 

 surrender may be ordered by the Secretary of the Treasury. No 

 vessel, the surrender of the documents of which has been so ordered, 

 shall, after the effective date of such order, have the status of a 

 vessel of the United States unless documented anew. 



(b) The President may, notwithstanding any other provisions of 

 law by rules and regulations or orders, waive compliance with any 

 provision of law relating to masters, officers, members of the crew, 

 or crew accommodations on any vessel documented under authority 

 of this section to such extent and upon such terms as he finds neces- 

 sary because of the lack of physical facilities on such vessels, and 

 because of the need to employ aliens for their operation. No vessel 

 shall cease to enjoy the benefits and privileges of a vessel of the 

 United States by reason of the employment of any person in accordance 

 with the provisions of this subsection. 



(c) Any vessel while documented under the provisions of this 

 section, when chartered under sections 196-198 of this title by the 

 Secretary of Commerce to Government agencies or departments or 

 to private operators, may engage in the coastwise trade under per- 

 mits issued by the Secretary of Commerce, who is authorized to issue 

 permits for such purpose pursuant to such rules and regulations as 

 he may prescribe. The Secretary of Commeire is authorized to pre- 

 scribe such rules and regulations as he may deem necessarj' or appro- 

 priate to carry out the purposes and provisions of this section. The 

 second paragraph of section 808 of title 46, shall not apply with respect 

 to vessels chartered to Government agencies or departments or to 

 private operators or otherwise used or disposed of under sex?tions 

 196-198 of this title. Existing laws covering the inspection of steam 



