47 USC § 382 - Vessels excepted from radiotelephone requirement

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identifier: "/us/usc/t47/s382"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "47 USC § 382 - Vessels excepted from radiotelephone requirement"
title_number: 47
title_name: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"
section_number: "382"
section_name: "Vessels excepted from radiotelephone requirement"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "Radio Installations on Vessels Carrying Passengers for Hire"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-08-11"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 382, as added Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 973, § 1, 70 Stat. 1048; amended Pub. L. 103–414, title III, § 303(a)(20)(B), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4295; Pub. L. 104–104, title IV, § 403(h)(2), Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 131.)"
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# § 382. Vessels excepted from radiotelephone requirement

The provisions of this part shall not apply to—

**(1)** vessels which are equipped with a radio installation in accordance with the provisions of part II of this subchapter, or in accordance with the radio requirements of the Safety Convention; and

**(2)** vessels of the United States belonging to and operated by the Government, and

**(3)** vessels navigating on the Great Lakes.

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**Source Credit**: (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 382, as added Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 973, § 1, 70 Stat. 1048; amended Pub. L. 103–414, title III, § 303(a)(20)(B), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4295; Pub. L. 104–104, title IV, § 403(h)(2), Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 131.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Part II of this subchapter, referred to in par. (1), is classified to section 351 et seq. of this title.

### Amendments

1996—Par. (2).  struck out “except a vessel of the United States Maritime Administration, the Inland and Coastwise Waterways Service, or the Panama Canal Company,” after “the Government,”.

1994— inserted section catchline.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , see section 4 of act , set out as a note under .