46 U.S. Code § 3205 - Certification

§ 3205.

Certification

(a)Issuance of Certificate and Document.—

After verifying that the responsible person for a vessel to which this chapter applies and the vessel comply with the applicable requirements under this chapter, the Secretary shall issue for the vessel, on request of the responsible person, a Safety Management Certificate and a Document of Compliance.

(b)Maintenance of Certificate and Document.—

A Safety Management Certificate and a Document of Compliance issued for a vessel under this section shall be maintained by the responsible person for the vessel as required by the Secretary.

(c)Verification of Compliance.—The Secretary shall—

(1)

periodically review whether a responsible person having a safety management plan approved under section 3204(b) and each vessel to which the plan applies is complying with the plan; and

(2)

revoke the Secretary’s approval of the plan and each Safety Management Certificate and Document of Compliance issued to the person for a vessel to which the plan applies, if the Secretary determines that the person or a vessel to which the plan applies has not complied with the plan.

(d)Enforcement.—

At the request of the Secretary, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall withhold or revoke the clearance required by section 60105 of this title of a vessel that is subject to this chapter under section 3202(a) of this title or to the International Safety Management Code, if the vessel does not have on board a Safety Management Certificate and a copy of a Document of Compliance for the vessel. Clearance may be granted on filing a bond or other surety satisfactory to the Secretary.

(Added Pub. L. 104–324, title VI, § 602(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3929; amended Pub. L. 109–304, § 15(10), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1703; Pub. L. 110–181, div. C, title XXXV, § 3529(b)(1)(A), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 603.)

Amendments

2008—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–181 amended Pub. L. 109–304, § 15(10). See 2006 Amendment note below.

2006—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 109–304, § 15(10), as amended by Pub. L. 110–181, substituted “Secretary of Homeland Security shall withhold or revoke the clearance required by section 60105 of this title” for “Secretary of the Treasury shall withhold or revoke the clearance required by section 4197 of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. App. 91)”.

Effective Date of 2008 Amendment

Pub. L. 110–181, div. C, title XXXV, § 3529(b)(2), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 603, provided that:

“The amendments made by paragraph (1) [amending this section and section 31325 of this title] shall be effective as if included in the enactment of Public Law 109–304.”

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33 CFR - Navigation and Navigable Waters

33 CFR Part 96 - RULES FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF VESSELS AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

46 CFR - Shipping

46 CFR Part 2 - VESSEL INSPECTIONS

46 CFR Part 31 - INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION

46 CFR Part 71 - INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION

46 CFR Part 91 - INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION

46 CFR Part 107 - INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION

46 CFR Part 115 - INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION

46 CFR Part 126 - INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION

46 CFR Part 175 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

46 CFR Part 176 - INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION

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