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[USC02] 46 USC 55109: Dredging
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46 USC 55109: Dredging Text contains those laws in effect on August 3, 2020
(a) In General.-Except as provided in subsection (b), a vessel may engage in dredging in the navigable waters of the United States only if-
(b) Dredging of Gold in Alaska.-A documented vessel with a registry endorsement may engage in the dredging of gold in Alaska.
(c) Penalty.-If a vessel is operated in knowing violation of this section, the vessel and its equipment are liable to seizure by and forfeiture to the United States Government.
( Pub. L. 109–304, §8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1637 .)
55109 46 App.:292. May 28, 1906, ch. 2566, §1, 34 Stat. 204 ; Pub. L. 102–87, title V, §5501(a)(1), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5084 .
Pub. L. 109–304, §19, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1711 , repealed section 1 of act May 28, 1906, ch. 2566, 34 Stat. 204 (section 292 of the former Appendix to this title, from which this section was derived), except as may be applicable under section 5501(a)(2) of Pub. L. 102–587, set out below.
Pub. L. 102–587, title V, §5501(a)(2), (3), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5084 , as amended by Pub. L. 109–304, §17(i), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1709 , provided that:
"(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending section 292 of the former Appendix to this title, from which this section was derived] does not apply to-
"(C) a vessel that is engaged in dredged material excavation if that excavation is not more than a minority of the total cost of the construction contract in which the excavation is a single, integral part, and the vessel is-
"(D) any other documented vessel engaged in dredging and time chartered to an entity that, on August 1, 1989, was, and has continuously remained, the parent of a corporation that had on file with the Secretary of Transportation on August 1, 1989, a certificate specified in section 27A of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883–1) [now 46 U.S.C. 12118] if the vessel is-