(a) An owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel failing to report a casualty as required under section 6101 of this title or a regulation prescribed under section 6101 or 6102 is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $25,000.(b) A person failing to comply with section 6104 of this title or a regulation prescribed under that section is liable to the Government for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000.Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 536; Pub. L. 98-498, title II, §212(b)(2), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2306; Pub. L. 100-424, §4(b), Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1590; Pub. L. 104-324, title III, §§306(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 314, Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3918, 3922.| HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES |
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 6103 | 33:361 33:362 |
Section 6103 provides for a civil penalty of $1,000 for any owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel that fails to report a casualty required to be reported under subsection (b) of section 6101 or an incident required to be reported under subsection (c) of section 6101.EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS1996-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-324 inserted "or 6102" before "is liable" and substituted "not more than $25,000" for "$1,000".1988- Pub. L. 100-424 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).1984- Pub. L. 98-498 struck out "or incident" after "a casualty".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 98-498 effective 180 days after Oct. 19, 1984, see section 214 of Pub. L. 98-498 set out as an Effective Date note under section 2306 of this title.