46 CFR 131.970
§ 131.970 Unauthorized lighting.
United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective
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- 46 CFR 131.970, § 131.970 Unauthorized lighting, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/227972
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No master of a vessel may authorize or permit the vessel's carrying of any lighting not required by law that will interfere in any way with any other vessel's ability to distinguish the vessel's navigation lighting.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.