46 CFR 14.401: Title 46 employment law and oceanographic research vessels
Last reviewed: October 14, 2026
This section says Title 46 United States Code, as far as it governs the employment of merchant mariners, remains applicable to oceanographic research vessels. Acts amending or supplementing that title also become applicable. This holds unless Title 46, such an act, or this subpart provides otherwise.
Applies toOceanographic research vessels.
What it says
Title 46 United States Code, as far as it governs the employment of merchant mariners, remains applicable to oceanographic research vessels, unless Title 46, an act amending or supplementing it, or this subpart provides otherwise.
“that title as far as it governs the employment of merchant mariners remains, and any act amending or supplementing that title becomes, applicable to oceanographic research vessels.”
Title 46 United States Code, an act amending or supplementing it, or this subpart may provide otherwise than the general rule that Title 46 applies to oceanographic research vessels.
“Unless otherwise provided by Title 46 United States Code, by any act amending or supplementing that title, or by this subpart”
Common questions
Does Title 46 apply to oceanographic research vessels?
Yes, as far as Title 46 United States Code governs the employment of merchant mariners, it remains applicable to oceanographic research vessels. This is so unless Title 46, an amending or supplementing act, or this subpart provides otherwise.
“that title as far as it governs the employment of merchant mariners remains, and any act amending or supplementing that title becomes, applicable to oceanographic research vessels.”
Can anything override the application of Title 46 to oceanographic research vessels?
Yes. Title 46 United States Code, any act amending or supplementing it, or this subpart may provide otherwise.
“Unless otherwise provided by Title 46 United States Code, by any act amending or supplementing that title, or by this subpart”
The text of 46 CFR 14.401
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General
Unless otherwise provided by Title 46 United States Code, by any act amending or supplementing that title, or by this subpart, that title as far as it governs the employment of merchant mariners remains, and any act amending or supplementing that title becomes, applicable to oceanographic research vessels.
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