yourstate.us
Home / United States / 14 U.S.C.
14 U.S.C. § 3908

Vessel deemed public vessel

United States · Title 14 — COAST GUARD · Status: effective

Transportation & Motor Vehicles
Get this as JSONEmbed this
Cite this
Citation
14 U.S.C. § 3908, Vessel deemed public vessel, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/439718
Permanent ID
ys:prov:439718@1
SHA-256
9ab307764ed7c202ea42ae0a1595b2901145ecc30931983213e267877d416f37

The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.

Full text

While assigned to authorized Coast Guard duty, any motorboat or yacht shall be deemed to be a public vessel of the United States and a vessel of the Coast Guard within the meaning of sections 937 and 938 of this title and other applicable provisions of law.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 104-324(S. 1004)1996-10-19
    Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 115-282(S. 140)2018-12-04
    Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018
    House: 239–173Senate: no recorded tally