---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 3.01-1"
title: "46"
number: "3.01-1"
heading: "Purpose of regulations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/3.01-1"
---

# §3.01-1. Purpose of regulations.


The purpose of the regulations in this part is to establish standard procedures for the designation of certain vessels as oceanographic research vessels as defined in [46 U.S.C. 2101](/usc/46/2101.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 77-081, 46 FR 56202, Nov. 16, 1981, as amended by CGD 95-028, 62 FR 51195, Sept. 30, 1997; USCG-2024-1103, 90 FR 52879, Nov. 24, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2113, 3306; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 77-081, 46 FR 56202, Nov. 16, 1981, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 77-081, 46 FR 56202, Nov. 16, 1981, as amended by CGD 95-028, 62 FR 51195, Sept. 30, 1997; USCG-2024-1103, 90 FR 52879, Nov. 24, 2025]