---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 4503a"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "4503a"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXV, § 11509(a)(3), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4137"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/4503a"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part B — Inspection and Regulation of Vessels"
  - "Chapter 45 — Uninspected Commercial Fishing Industry Vessels"
---

# [§4503a. Repealed. Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXV, § 11509(a)(3), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4137 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, added and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title V, § 508(a), (c), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4272, provided for an alternate safety compliance program for certain fishing vessels.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Construction of Repeal

Nothing in repeal by Pub. L. 117–263 to be construed to affect or apply to any alternative compliance and safety agreement entered into by the Coast Guard that is in effect on Dec. 23, 2022, see section 11509(b) of Pub. L. 117–263, set out as a Construction of 2022 Amendment note under section 4502 of this title.