---
kind: "unit"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
key: "stV/ptA/ch501"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 501"
heading: "Policy, Studies, and Reports"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/stV-ptA-ch501"
sections_count: 14
---

# Chapter 501 — Policy, Studies, and Reports

Title 46 — Shipping › Subtitle V — Merchant Marine › Part A — General

## Sections

- [§50101. Objectives and policy](/usc/46/50101.md)
- [§50102. Survey of merchant marine](/usc/46/50102.md)
- [§50103. Determinations of essential services](/usc/46/50103.md)
- [§50104. Studies of general maritime problems](/usc/46/50104.md)
- [§50105. Studies and cooperation relating to the construction of vessels](/usc/46/50105.md)
- [§50106. Studies on the operation of vessels](/usc/46/50106.md)
- [§50107. Studies on marine insurance](/usc/46/50107.md)
- [§50108. Studies on cargo carriage and cargo containers](/usc/46/50108.md)
- [§50109. Miscellaneous studies](/usc/46/50109.md)
- [§50110. Securing preference to vessels of the United States](/usc/46/50110.md)
- [§50111. Submission of annual MARAD authorization request](/usc/46/50111.md)
- [§50112. National Maritime Enhancement Institutes](/usc/46/50112.md)
- [§50113. Use and performance reports by operators of vessels](/usc/46/50113.md)
- [§50114. National maritime strategy](/usc/46/50114.md)