---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 44101"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "44101"
heading: "Application"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/44101"
units:
  - "Subtitle IV — Regulation of Ocean Shipping"
  - "Part C — Miscellaneous"
  - "Chapter 441 — Evidence of Financial Responsibility for Passenger Transportation"
---

# §44101. Application


This chapter applies to a vessel that—

- (1) has berth or stateroom accommodations for at least 50 passengers; and
- (2) boards passengers at a port in the United States.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 7, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1554.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 44101 | 46 App.:817d(a) (6th–28th words). | Pub. L. 89–777, §§ 2(a) (6th–28th words), 3(a) (15th–36th words), Nov. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 1356, 1357. |
|  | 46 App.:817e(a) (15th–36th words). |  |