Sec. 301. Electronic charts; equivalency
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Section 3105 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Until the date that final regulations are published under subsection (a)— a covered vessel equipped with and operating electronic navigational charts produced by a government hydrographic office and that conform to a standard acceptable to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall be deemed in compliance with any requirement under title 33 or title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, to have a chart, marine chart, or map on board the covered vessel; and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may allow a covered vessel that operates solely within the baseline of the territorial sea of the United States (as described in Presidential Proclamation No. 5928 of December 27, 1988 ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 note)) to utilize a software-based, platform-independent electronic chart system that is capable of displaying electronic navigational charts with necessary scale and detail to ensure safe navigation for the intended voyage.
In this subsection, the term covered vessel means a vessel described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or
(D)of subsection (a)(1). .
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