---identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s97.34-5"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "46 CFR § 97.34-5 - Approved types of work vests."title_number: 46title_name: "Shipping"section_number: "97.34-5"section_name: "Approved types of work vests."chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"subchapter_number: "I"subchapter_name: "CARGO AND MISCELLANEOUS VESSELS"part_number: "97"part_name: "OPERATIONS"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 5111, 6101; 49 U.S.C. 5103, 5106; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757; 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."regulatory_source: "CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 17011, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "97"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t46/s97.34-5
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
Authority
33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 5111, 6101; 49 U.S.C. 5103, 5106; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757; 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; Department of Homelan... 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 5111, 6101; 49 U.S.C. 5103, 5106; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757; 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.
# 97.34-5 Approved types of work vests.(a) Each buoyant work vest carried under the permissive authority of this section must be approved under—(1) Subpart 160.053 of this chapter; or(2) Subpart 160.077 of this chapter as a commercial hybrid PFD.[CGD 78-174A, 51 FR 4350, Feb. 4, 1986]