Government Owned Merchant Vessels

Finding the law: Government Owned Merchant Vessels in the U.S. Code

A collection of general and permanent laws relating to government owned merchant vessels, passed by the United States Congress, are organized by subject matter arrangements in the United States Code (U.S.C.; this label examines government owned merchant vessels topics), to make them easy to use (usually, organized by legal areas into Titles, Chapters and Sections). The platform provides introductory material to the U.S. Code, and cross references to case law. View the U.S. Code’s table of contents here.

Government-owned Merchant Vessels

In Legislation

Government-owned Merchant Vessels in the U.S. Code: Title 46, Subtitle V, Part F

The current, permanent, in-force federal laws regulating government-owned merchant vessels are compiled in the United States Code under Title 46, Subtitle V, Part F. It constitutes “prima facie” evidence of statutes relating to Shipping (including government-owned merchant vessels) of the United States. The reader can further narrow his/her legal research of the general topic (in this case, Merchant Marine and Government-Owned Merchant Vessels of the US Code, including government-owned merchant vessels) by chapter and subchapter.