---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 6302"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "6302"
heading: "Public investigations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/6302"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part D — Marine Casualties"
  - "Chapter 63 — Investigating Marine Casualties"
---

# §6302. Public investigations


Each investigation conducted under this chapter and regulations prescribed under this chapter shall be open to the public, except when evidence affecting the national security is to be received.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 537.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |
| --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 6302 | .............................................. |

Section 6302 provides that each investigation conducted under this chapter shall be open to the public, except when evidence affecting the national security of the United States is to be received.