The Secretary of Transportation may delegate to an agency, a State, or a qualified person the authority to-
46 U.S.C. § 12506
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised section 12506This section allows the Secretary to delegate the authority to establish and maintain the vessel identification system to an agency, a State, or a qualified person. The Secretary may also delegate the authority to charge fees under section 12505 for requesting information from or making information available to the vessel identification system.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective Jan. 1, 1989, with certain exceptions and qualifications, see section 107 of Pub. L. 100-710 set out as a note under section 31301 of this title.