SEC. 518. COASTWISE LAWS EXTENDED TO ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS AND FIXED STRUCTURES ON OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.-The coastwise laws of the United States shall extend to all artificial islands and fired structures which may be erected on the subsoil and seabed of the "outer Continental Shelf," as that term is defined in the Act of August 7, 1953, c. 345, § 4, 67 Stat. 462, for the purpose of exploring for, developing, removing, and transporting resources therefrom, to the same extent as if the outer Continental Shelf were an area of exclusive Federal jurisdiction located within a State.

NOTE

This section is based on title 43, U.S.C., 1964 ed., § 1333(a) (1) (Aug. 7, 1953, c. 345, § 4, 67 Stat. 462); T.D. 54281, Jan. 9, 1957.

This section is new.

SEC. 519. APPLICATION OF COASTWISE LAWS TO FOREIGN TRADE ZONES. [Nothing in] No provision of the [this] Act of June 18, 1934, c. 590, 48 Stat. 998-1003, as amended, relating to foreign trade zones, shall be construed in any manner so as to permit vessels under foreign flags to carry goods or merchandise shipped from one foreign trade zone to another zone or port in the protected coastwise trade of the United States.

NOTE

This section is based on title 19, U.S.C., 1964 ed., § 81e (June 18, 1934, c. 590, § 5, 48 Stat. 1000).

This section is new. It is based on the second sentence of act June 18, 1934, c. 590, § 5, 48 Stat. 1000 (19 U.S.C. 81e), with changes in phraseology as required in the context of this act.

SEC. 520. COASTWISE TOWING BY FOREIGN VESSELS PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; FINES AND PENALTIES.-(a) It shall be unlawful for any vessel not wholly owned by a person who is a citizen of the United States within the meaning of the laws respecting the documentation of vessels and not having in force a certificate of registry, a certificate of enrollment, a certificate of enrollment and license, or a license, issued pursuant to [title XLVIII or title L of the Revised Statutes] this Act, or numbered pursuant to the Federal Boating Act of 1958, as amended, to tow any vessel other than a vessel of foreign registry, or a vessel in distress, from any port or place in the United States, its Districts, [Territories] territories or possessions [,] embraced within the coastwise laws [of the United States], or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to any other port or place within the same, either directly or by way of a foreign port of place, or to do any part of such towing, or to tow any such vessel [,] from point to point within the harbors of such places. The owner and master of any vessel towing another vessel in violation of the provisions of this section shall each be liable to a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000, which fines shall constitute liens upon the offending vessel enforceable through the district court of the United States for any district in which such vessel may be found, and clearance shall not be granted to such vessel until the fines have been paid. The towing vessel shall [also] be further liable to a penalty of $50 per ton on the measurement of every vessel towed in violation of this section, which sum may be recovered by way of libel or suit.

(b) The term "person", as used in subsection (a) of this section shall be held to include persons, firms, partnerships, associations, organizations, and corporations, doing business or existing under or by the authority of the laws of the United States, or of any State, [Territory] territory, district, or [other subdivision] possession thereof, or of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

NOTE

This section is based on title 46, U.S.C., 1964 ed., § 316(a) (b) (R.S. § 4370; June 11, 1940, c. 324, 54 Stat. 304; 1946 Reorganization Plan No. 3, §§ 101-104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F. R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097; 1950 Reorganization Plan No. 26, $$ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280; 1965 Reorganization Plan No. 1, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 25, 1965, 30 F.R. 7035, 79 Stat. 1317).

The word(s)

"a certificate of enrollment and license," have been inserted after "enrollment" in subsection (a) to make clear that "enrolled and licensed" vessels, as well as registered, enrolled, and licensed vessels, are eligible to engage in coastwise towing;

"territories" has been substituted for "Territories" in subsection (a) and the word "territory" for "Territory" in subsection (b) because, with the admission of Alaska and Hawaii as States, there are no more incorporated Territories to which the terms "Territories" or "Territory" are applicable; "or of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico" have been inserted in subsection (b) to reflect the present status of this former possession. See act July 3, 1950, c. 446, §§ 1-6, 64 Stat. 319; § 1 of the Constitution of Puerto Rico (48 U.S.C. 731b-e, 737); and

"of the United States" in subsection (a) and "other subdivision" in subsection (b) have been deleted as surplusage. Changes have been made in phraseology as required in the context of this act.

SEC. 521. SAME: EXCEPTION FOR FOREIGN RAILROAD COMPANIES USING FERRIES, TUGBOATS, OR TOWBOATS.-[(c)] Any foreign railroad company or corporation, whose road enters the United States by means of a ferry, tugboat, or towboat, may own such vessel and operate the same in connection with the water transportation of the passenger, freight, express matter, baggage, and mails transported in such cars, without being subject to any other or different restrictions than those imposed by law on any vessel of the United States entering ports of the United States from ports in the same foreign country: Provided, That except as authorized by section [27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as amended] 509 of this Act, such ferry, tugboat, or towboat shall not, under penalty of forfeiture, be used in connection with the transportation of any merchandise shipped from any port or place in the United States, its Districts, [Territories] territories, or possessions, embraced within the coastwise laws of the United States], or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to any other port or place within the same.

NOTE

This section is based on title 46, U.S.C., 1964 ed., § 316(e) (R.S. § 4370; June 11, 1940, c. 324, 54 Stat. 304; 1946 Reorganization Plan No. 3, §§ 101-104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097; 1950 Reorganization Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280).

The word(s)

"territories" has been substituted for "Territories" because, with the admission of Alaska and Hawaii as States, there are no more incorporated Territories to which the term "Territories" is applicable;

", or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico," have been inserted after "possession" to reflect the present status of this former possession. See act

July 3, 1950, c. 446, §§ 1-6, 64 Stat. 319; § 1 of the Constitution of Puerto Rico (48 U.S.C. 731b-e, 737); and

"of the United States" have been deleted as surplusage. Changes have been made in phraseology as required in the context of this act.

SEC. 522. USE OF FOREIGN-BUILT DREDGES IN UNITED STATES PROHIBITED; PENALTY.-A foreign-built dredge shall not, under penalty of forfeiture, engage in dredging in the United States Ĺ, unless documented as a vessel of the United States].

NOTE

This section is based on title 46, U.S.C., 1964 ed., § 292 (May 28, 1906, c. 2566, § 1, 34 Stat. 204).

The words ", unless documented as a vessel of the United States" have been deleted as nugatory and without effect because a foreign-built vessel may be admitted to documentation only to engage in the foreign trade or in trade with certain-named islands (see sec. 205(a) (6) of this act). As "dredging in the United States" is neither foreign trade nor trade with the named islands, it follows that a foreign-built dredge may not be documented as a vessel of the United States. The ambiguity in this section as presently constituted results from section 2 of the act May 28, 1906, c. 2566, § 2, 34 Stat. 204 (now executed), which provided for the documentation of certain named foreign-built dredges as vessels of the United States. The deleted words (from sec. 1 of the same act) make an exception exclusively for the named vessels referred to in section 2. This has been the interpretation of the Bureau of Customs and its predecessor agencies in the administration of this section since the passage of the act May 28, 1906.

SEC. 523. SALVAGE OPERATIONS BY FOREIGN VESSELS IN UNITED STATES WATERS PROHIBITED; PENALTY; EXCEPTIONS.-[(d)] (a) No foreign vessel shall, under penalty of forfeiture, engage in salvaging operations on the Atlantic or Pacific Coast of the United States, in any portion of the Great Lakes or their connecting or tributary waters, including any portion of the Saint Lawrence River through which the international boundary line extends, or in territorial waters of the United States on the Gulf of Mexico, except when authorized by a treaty or in accordance with the provisions of [the Act of June 19, 1878, as amended] section 524 of this Act: Provided, however, That if, on investigation, the Secretary [of the Treasury] is satisfied that no suitable vessel wholly owned by a person who is a citizen of the United States and documented under the laws of the United States or numbered pursuant to the Federal Boating Act of 1958, as amended, is available in any particular locality, he may authorize the use of a foreign vessel or vessels in salvaging operations in that locality, and no penalty shall be incurred for such authorized use.

[(e)] (b) Nothing in this section or in section 520 of this Act shall be held or construed to prohibit or restrict any assistance to vessels or salvage operations authorized by article II of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain "concerning reciprocal rights for United States and Canada in the conveyance of prisoners and wrecking and salvage" signed at Washington, May 18, 1908 (35 Stat. 2036), or by the treaty between the United States and Mexico "to facilitate assistance to and salvage of vessels in territorial waters", signed at Mexico City, June 13, 1935 (49 Stat. 3359).

NOTE

This section is based on title 46, U.S.C., 1964 ed., §§ 316(d) (e) (R.S. § 4370; June 11, 1940, c. 324, 54 Stat. 304; 1946 Reorganization Plan No. 3, §§ 101-104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F. R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097; 1950 Reorganization Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280).

The words "of the Treasury" following "Secretary" in subsection (a) have been deleted as surplusage because "Secretary" is defined as "Secretary of the Treasury" in section 101 of this act.

Changes have been made in arrangement and phraseology as required in the context of this act.

SEC. 524. CANDIAN VESSELS AIDING VESSELS WRECKED, DISABLED, OR IN DISTRESS IN CERTAIN UNITED STATES WATERS.Canadian vessels and wrecking appurtenances may render aid and assistance to Canadian or other vessels and property wrecked, disabled, or in distress in the waters of the United States contiguous to [the Dominion of] Canada. This [Act] section shall be construed to apply to the canal and improvement of the waters between Lake Erie and Lake Huron, and to the waters of the Saint Mary's River and canal:]; [And provided further, That this Act] but it shall cease to be in force from and after the date of the proclamation of the President [of the United States] to the effect that the reciprocal privilege has been withdrawn, revoked, or rendered inoperative by the [said] Government of [the Dominion of] Canada.

NOTE

This section is based on title 46, U.S.C., 1964 ed., § 725 (June 19, 1878, c. 324, 20 Stat. 175; May 24, 1890, c. 292, 26 Stat. 120; Mar. 3, 1893, c. 211, § 1, 27 Stat. 683).

Changes have been made in phraseology as required in the context of this act.

SEC. 525. PROPERTY WRECKED ON FLORIDA COAST.-(a) All property, of any description whatsoever, which shall be taken from any wreck, from the sea, or from any of the keys and shoals, within the jurisdiction of the United States, on the coast of Florida, shall be brought to some port of entry within the jurisdiction of the United States.

(b) Every vessel which shall be engaged or employed in carrying or transporting any property whatsoever, taken from any wreck, from the sea, or from any of the keys or shoals, within the jurisdiction of the United States, on the coast of Florida, to any foreign port, shall, together with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, be forfeited and all forfeitures incurred by virtue of this section shall accrue, one moiety to the informer and the other to the United States.

NOTE

This section is based on title 46, U.S.C., 1964 ed., §§ 722, 723 (R.S. §§ 4239, 4240).

The section combines into one section R.S. §§ 4239 and 4240 (46 U.S.C. 722, 723) and has been divided into subsections consistent with the arrangement of this act.

SEC. 526. LICENSES FOR WRECKING ON FLORIDA COAST-NO vessel, or master thereof, shall be regularly employed in the business

of wrecking on the coast of Florida without the license of [the] a judge of a United States district court [of a] in Florida [district]; and, before licensing any vessel or master, the judge shall be satisfied that the vessel is seaworthy, and properly and sufficiently fitted and equipped for the business of saving property shipwrecked and in distress; and that the master thereof is trustworthy, and innocent of any fraud or misconduct in relation to any property shipwrecked or saved on the coast.

NOTE

This section is based on title 46, U.S.C., 1964, ed., § 724 (R.S. 4241); title 28, U.S.C.89 (as amended July 17, 1952, c. 929, 66 Stat. 757; May 19, 1961, Public Law 87-36, § 3(f), 75 Stat. 83; July 30, 1962, Public Law 87-562, § 1, 76 Stat. 247).

The words "a judge of a United States district court in Florida" have been substituted for "the judge of a district court of a Florida district" because Florida now is divided into three judicial districts. See 28 U.S.C. 89, as amended July 17, 1952, c. 929, 66 Stat. 757; May 19, 1961, Public Law 87-36, § 3(f), 75 Stat. 83; July 30, 1962, Public Law 87-562, § 1, 76 Stat. 247. The words "United States" have been inserted before "district court" to distinguish a U.S. district court from a Florida (State) district court.

CHAPTER 6-VESSELS ENGAGED IN THE FISHERIES

SEC. 601. VESSELS EMPLOYED IN THE FISHERIES: ENTITLEMENT TO PRIVILEGES.-Vessels of twenty tons and upward, enrolled in pursuance of this [Title] Act, and having a license in force, or vessels of less than twenty tons[] which, although not enrolled, have a license in force, as required by this [Title] Act, and no others shall be deemed vessels of the United States entitled to the privileges of vessels employed in the [coasting trade or] fisheries.

NOTE

This section is based on title 46, U.S.C., 1964 ed., § 251 (R.S. § 4311). Reference to the words "coasting trade" has been omitted as covered by section

501 of this act.

Changes have been made in phraseology as required in the context of this act.

SEC. 602. COASTING AND FISHERIES VESSELS; VESSELS OPERATING ON THE GREAT LAKES.-Notwithstanding any other provision of law

(a) [Provided, That vessels] Vessels of five net tons and over entitled under the laws of the United States to be enrolled and licensed or licensed for the coasting trade may be enrolled and licensed or licensed for the "coasting trade and mackerel fishery," and shall be deemed to have sufficient license for [engaging in the coasting trade and] the taking of fish of every description, including shellfish[:], [Provided further, That] and the provisions of sections [4364] 610 and [4365] 611[, Revised Statutes of the United States,] of this Act [shall be, and] are [hereby,] made applicable to vessels so licensed[:].

(b) [And provided further, That vessels] Vessels operating on the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters under enrollment and license issued in conformity with the provisions of section [4318, Revised Statutes of the United States,] 234 of this Act shall be deemed to have sufficient license for engaging in the taking of fish of every description within such waters without