TITLE 46 - SHIPPING

CHAPTER II - MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

SUBCHAPTER F - POSITION REPORTING SYSTEM

PART 307 - ESTABLISHMENT OF MANDATORY POSITION REPORTING SYSTEM FOR VESSELS

307.19 - Penalties.

The owner or operator of a vessel in the waterborne foreign commerce of the United States is subject to a penalty of $50 for each day of failure to file an AMVER report required by this part. Such penalty shall constitute a lien upon the vessel, and such vessel may be libeled in the district court of the United States in which the vessel may be found.