SUBCHAPTER VIII—SAILING SCHOOL VESSELS

§446. Sailing school students and sailing school instructors without seamen status under steam-vessel and merchant seamen provisions or maritime law doctrines

Sailing school students and sailing school instructors shall not be considered to be seamen under the provisions of titles 52 and 53 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and any Act amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, or for the purposes of the maritime law doctrines of maintenance and cure or warranty of seaworthiness.

(Pub. L. 97–322, title II, §204, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1589.)

References in Text

Title 52 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, consisted of R.S. §§4399 to 4500, which were classified to sections 170, 214, 215, 222, 224, 224a, 226, 228, 229, 230 to 234, 239, 240, 361, 362, 364, 371 to 373, 375 to 382, 384, 385, 391, 391a, 392 to 394, 399 to 404, 405 to 416, 435 to 440, 451 to 453, 460, 461 to 463, 464, 466, 467 to 482, and 489 to 498 of former Title 46, Shipping. For complete classification of R.S. §§4399 to 4500 to the Code, see Tables. A majority of such sections of the Revised Statutes were repealed and various provisions thereof were reenacted in Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 500. For disposition of sections of former Title 46 into revised Title 46, see Table at beginning of Title 46.

Title 53 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, consisted of R.S. §§4501 to 4612, which were classified to sections 541 to 543, 545 to 549, 561, 562, 564 to 571, 574 to 578, 591 to 597, 600, 602 to 605, 621 to 628, 641 to 643, 644, 645, 651 to 660, 661 to 669, 674 to 679, 681 to 687, 701 to 710, and 711 to 713 of former Title 46, Shipping. For complete classification of R.S. §§4501 to 4612 to the Code, see Tables. A majority of such sections of the Revised Statutes were repealed and various provisions thereof were reenacted in Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 500. For disposition of sections of former Title 46 into revised Title 46, see Table at beginning of Title 46.

Effective Date

Section 208(b) of Pub. L. 97–322 provided that: "Sections 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, and 207 of this title and the amendments made by such sections [enacting this subchapter and amending sections 390 to 390d and 672 of former Title 46, Shipping] shall take effect eighteen months after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 15, 1982] or on the date upon which the rules and regulations referred to in subsection (a) [section 446d of former Title 46] take effect, whichever is earlier."

Short Title

Section 201 of title II of Pub. L. 97–322 provided that: "This title [enacting this subchapter, amending sections 390 to 390d and 672 of former Title 46, Shipping, and enacting a provision set out as a note under this section] may be cited as the 'Sailing School Vessels Act of 1982'."

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 446c of this Appendix.

§446a. Financial responsibility; minimum amount; evidence

Each owner or charterer of a sailing school vessel shall maintain evidence of his or her financial responsibility to meet any liability incurred for death or injury to sailing school students or sailing school instructors on voyages aboard the vessel, in an amount not less than $50,000 for each student or instructor. Such financial responsibility may be evidenced by policies of insurance or other adequate financial resources.

(Pub. L. 97–322, title II, §205, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1589.)

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 446c of this Appendix.

§446b. Sailing school vessel without status of merchant vessel or vessel engaged in trade or commerce

For the purposes of section 291 of this Appendix, section 11101(a)–(c) of title 46, and section 883 of this Appendix, a sailing school vessel shall not be deemed to be a merchant vessel or a vessel engaged in trade or commerce.

(Pub. L. 97–322, title II, §206, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1590; Pub. L. 98–557, §34(b), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2876.)

Amendments

1984—Pub. L. 98–557 inserted reference to section 11101(a)–(c) of title 46.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 446c of this Appendix.

§446c. Definitions

For purposes of this subchapter, the terms "sailing school students", "sailing school instructor", and "sailing school vessel" have the meaning given such terms in section 2101 of title 46.

(Pub. L. 97–322, title II, §207, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1590.)

References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original "sections 203, 204, 205, 206, and 208 of this title", meaning sections 203 to 206 and 208 of title II of Pub. L. 97–322, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1589, 1590. Sections 204 to 206 of Pub. L. 97–322 are classified to this subchapter. Sections 203 and 208 were classified to sections 672(b)(4) and 446d of former Title 46, Shipping, respectively, and were repealed by Pub. L. 98–89, §4(b), Aug. 23, 1983, 97 Stat. 599, and reenacted by section 1 thereof as sections 7311 and 8101(a) of Title 46, Shipping, respectively.

Codification

"Section 2101 of title 46" substituted in text for "the first section of the Act entitled 'An Act to require the inspection and certification of certain vessels carrying passengers', enacted May 10, 1956 (46 U.S.C. 390) as amended by this title" on authority of Pub. L. 98–89, §2(b), Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 598, section 1 of which enacted Title 46, Shipping.