33 U.S.C. § 1203
Radiotelephone requirement
United States · Title 33 — NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · Status: effective
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- 33 U.S.C. § 1203, Radiotelephone requirement, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/468980
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Except as provided in section 1206 of this title—
The radiotelephone required by subsection (a) shall be carried on board the described vessels, dredges, and floating plants upon the navigable waters of the United States, which includes all waters of the territorial sea of the United States as described in Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988.
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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1991House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002House: no recorded tallySenate: 95–0