{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s12506","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f12506.","heading":"Delegation of authority","text":"\u00a7\u202f12506.\nDelegation of authority\nThe Secretary of Transportation may delegate to an agency, a State, or a qualified person the authority to\u2014\n(1) establish and maintain the vessel identification system; and\n(2) charge fees under\nsection 12505 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s12506.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12506","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f12506."},{"t":"heading","text":"Delegation of authority","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Secretary of Transportation may delegate to an agency, a State, or a qualified person the authority to\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12506/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" establish and maintain the vessel identification system; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12506/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" charge fees under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 12505 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s12505","tail":" to a person making information available to or requesting information from the vessel identification system."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}