---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 50104"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "50104"
heading: "Studies of general maritime problems"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/50104"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Merchant Marine"
  - "Part A — General"
  - "Chapter 501 — Policy, Studies, and Reports"
---

# §50104. Studies of general maritime problems


The [Secretary](/usc/46/53101.md?p=8) of Transportation shall study all maritime problems arising in carrying out the policy in [section 50101 of this title](/usc/46/50101.md).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1558.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 50104 | 46 App.:1122(a). | June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, § 212(a), 49 Stat. 1990; Aug. 6, 1981, Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(69), 95 Stat. 159. |