33 CFR § 19.04 - Vessels requisitioned by the United States for emergency evacuation.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s19.04"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 19.04 - Vessels requisitioned by the United States for emergency evacuation."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "19.04"
section_name: "Vessels requisitioned by the United States for emergency evacuation."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "19"
part_name: "WAIVERS OF NAVIGATION AND VESSEL INSPECTION LAWS AND REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 1, 64 Stat. 1120, sec. 6(b)(1), 80 Stat. 937; 46 U.S.C. note prec. 1, 49 U.S.C. 108; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."
cfr_part: "19"
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# 19.04 Vessels requisitioned by the United States for emergency evacuation.
Pursuant to the request of the Acting Secretary of Defense, dated November 21, 1951, made under the provisions of section 1 of Pub. L. 891, 81st Congress, approved December 27, 1950, compliance is hereby waived with the provisions of the navigation and vessel inspection laws administered by the United States Coast Guard, as well as the regulations issued thereunder and contained in this chapter, to the extent necessary to permit the operation of vessels which might be requisitioned by the United States for the purpose of emergency evacuation.
[CGFR 51-61, 16 FR 12792, Dec. 20, 1951]