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PUBLIC LAW 92.75-AUG. 10, 1971
[85 STAT.
GENERAL REGULATIONS
SEC. 39. The Secretary may issue regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act. SAVINGS PROVISION
SEC. 40i Compliance with this Act or standards, regulations, or orders promulgated hereunder shall not relieve any person from liability at common law or under State law. MISCELLANEOUS P R 0 \ T; S I 0 N S
Repeals. 70 Stat. 154;
_ 72. Stat. 1756 46 USC 526f, 5 26j.j26m.^^ note. 46 USC 526U. 46 USC 527, 527a, 527e, 527h 46 USC 526u.
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46 USC 390 et seq.
54 Stat. 163. 72 Stat. 175*4. 46 USC 5 27 note.
gjj^^ ^^^ ^^'^ rj,^^ following are repealed: (1) Section 7, as amended, and sections 13 and 14 of the Motorboat Act of 1940, Public Law 76-484, April 25, 1940 (54 Stat. 165); (2) The Federal Boating Act of 1958, Public Law 85-911, September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1754), except subsections 6(b) and 6(c) thereof; (3) The Act of March 28, 1960, Public Law 86-396 (74 Stat. 10);
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(4) The Act of August 30, 1961, Public Law 87-171 (75 Stat. 408). (b) Subsection (c) of section 6 of the Federal Boating Act of 1958, September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1754), is amended to read as follows: 'Vc) Such Act of April 25, 1940 (46 U.S.C. 526-526t), is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: " ' S E C 22. (a) This Act applies to every motorboat or vessel on the navigable waters of the United States, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, and every motorboat or vessel owned in a State and using the high seas, except that the provisions of this Act other than sections 12, 18, and 19 do not apply to boats as defined in and subject to the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971. " ' (b) As used in this Act— " 'The term "State" means a State of the United States, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia.'" (c) Any vessel, to the extent that it is subject to the Small Passenger Carrying Vessel Act, May 10, 1956 (70 Stat. 151), or to any other vessel inspection statute of the United States, is exempt from the provisions of this Act. (d) Nothing contained in this Act shall be deemed to exempt from the antitrust laws of the United States any conduct that would be unlawful under such laws, or to prohibit under the antitrust laws of the United States any conduct that would be lawful under such laws. (e) Regulations previously issued under statutory provisions repealed, modified, or amended by this Act continue in effect as though promulgated under the authority of this Act until expressly abrogated, modified, or amended by the Secretary under the regulatory authority of this Act. (f) Any criminal or civil penalty proceeding under the Motorboat ^Q^ of 1940, as amended, or the Federal Boating Act of 1958, as amended, for a violation which occurred before the effective date of this Act may be initiated and continue to conclusion as though the former Acts had not been amended or repealed hereby. Approved August 10, 1971.
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