46 U.S.C. § 12504 | Information available from the system

For law enforcement or other purposes and under conditions prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary—

(1)

section 12503(a) of this title shall make available information in the vessel identification system to a State making information available under ; and

(2)

may make available information in the vessel identification system to others.

Pub. L. 100–710, title I, § 101(a)Nov. 23, 1988102 Stat. 4736 Pub. L. 101–225, title III, § 302(3)Dec. 12, 1989103 Stat. 1923(Added , , ; amended , , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section 12504

This section requires that the Secretary make available information maintained in the vessel identification system to a State participating in the system for law enforcement or other purposes. The Secretary may make available information in the system to others, under conditions the Secretary may prescribe. At first, the Secretary may elect to deal only with the States. However, the Committee firmly expects that information will be made available through computer terminals in satellite offices or direct computer access by modem. In this manner, boating organizations or financial or documentation services could retrieve data without paper transactions for a fee.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 101–2251989— substituted “Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary” for “Secretary, the Secretary of Transportation”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Jan. 1, 1989section 107 of Pub. L. 100–710 section 31301 of this titleSection effective , with certain exceptions and qualifications, see , set out as a note under .