---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 30901"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "30901"
heading: "Short title"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/30901"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — Maritime Liability"
  - "Chapter 309 — Suits in Admiralty Against the United States"
---

# §30901. Short title


This chapter may be cited as the “Suits in Admiralty Act”.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1517.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 30901 | 46 App.:741 note. |  |

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

Act Mar. 9, 1920, ch. 95, 41 Stat. 525, which enacted chapter 20 (§ 741 et seq.) of the former Appendix to this title, was popularly known as the “Suits in Admiralty Act”, prior to being repealed and restated in this chapter by Pub. L. 109–304, §§ 6(c), 19, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1509, 1710.