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Sec. 7346 · S. 1071

Classification societies

Division G — Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 › Title LXXIII — Shipping and Navigation › Subtitle E — Other Matters

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Section 3316(d) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) by amending paragraph (2)(B)(i) to read as follows: (i) the government of the foreign country in which the foreign society is headquartered— (I) delegates that authority to the American Bureau of Shipping; or (II) does not delegate that authority to any classification society; or; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (5) Clarification on authority Nothing in this subsection authorizes the Secretary to make a delegation under paragraph (2) to a classification society from the People’s Republic of China..