---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 31101"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "31101"
heading: "Short title"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/31101"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — Maritime Liability"
  - "Chapter 311 — Suits Involving Public Vessels"
---

# §31101. Short title


This chapter may be cited as the “Public Vessels Act”.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1521.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 31101 | 46 App.:781 note. |  |

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

Act of March 3, 1925, ch. 428, 43 Stat. 1112, which enacted chapter 22 (§ 781 et seq.) of the former Appendix to this title, was popularly known as the “Public Vessels Act”, prior to being repealed and restated in this chapter by Pub.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.