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FMC Regulations & Statutes

Regulations

e-CFR pertaining to the FMC: 46 CFR 500 (GPO)

Shipping Act of 1984

46 U.S.C. §§ 40101 – 41309

Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988

46 U.S.C. §§ 42301 – 42307

Section 19 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920

46 U.S.C. §§ 42101 – 42109

Public Law 89-777
(Financial Responsibility for Death or Injury to Passenger and
for Nonperformance of Voyage)

46 U.S.C. §§ 44101 – 44106

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