46 CFR 131.975
§ 131.975 Searchlights.
United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective
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- 46 CFR 131.975, § 131.975 Searchlights, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/227973
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No person may flash, or cause to be flashed, the rays of a searchlight or other blinding light onto the bridge or into the pilothouse of any vessel, OSV or other, under way.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.