Skip to content
LexBuild

46 CFR § 385.4 - Authority.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s385.4"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 385.4 - Authority."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "385.4"
section_name: "Authority."
chapter_name: "MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
part_number: "385"
part_name: "RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 204(b), Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1114(b)); Reorganization Plans No. 21 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1273), and No. 7 of 1961 (75 Stat. 840), as amended by Pub. L. 91-469 (84 Stat. 1036); Department of Commerce Organization Order 10-8 (36 FR 19707, July 23, 1973); and Secretary's Circular 30 (Nov. 5, 1979)."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 66168, Oct. 6, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "385"
---

# 385.4 Authority.

The MarAd assistance regulations are issued pursuant to section 204(b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1114(b)), and pursuant to delegation of authority by the Secretary of Transportation to the Maritime Administrator, Department of Transportation.