{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s12131","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f12131.","heading":"Command of documented vessels","text":"\u00a7\u202f12131.\nCommand of documented vessels\n(a)\nIn General.\u2014\nExcept as provided in subsection (b), a documented vessel may be placed under the command only of a citizen or noncitizen national (as such term is described in section 308 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (\n8 U.S.C. 1408\n(b)\nExceptions.\u2014\nSubsection (a) does not apply to\u2014\n(1) a vessel with only a recreational endorsement; or\n(2) an unmanned barge operating outside of the territorial waters of the United States.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s12131.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12131","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f12131."},{"t":"heading","text":"Command of documented vessels"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12131/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In General.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"Except as provided in subsection (b), a documented vessel may be placed under the command only of a citizen or noncitizen national (as such term is described in section 308 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"8 U.S.C. 1408","href":"/us/usc/t8/s1408","tail":")) of the United States."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12131/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Exceptions.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Subsection (a) does not apply to\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12131/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" a vessel with only a recreational endorsement; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12131/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" an unmanned barge operating outside of the territorial waters of the United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}