Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 941 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 941 : US Code - Notes

(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, Sec. 41, 44 Stat. 1444; Pub. L. 85-742,
Sec. 1, Aug. 23, 1958, 72 Stat. 835; Pub. L. 97-375, title I, Sec.
110(b), Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1820.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Title 52 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in subsec. (a),
consisted of R.S. Secs. 4399 to 4500, which were classified to
sections 170, 214, 215, 222, 224, 224a, 226, 228, 229, 230 to 234,
239, 240, 361, 362, 364, 371 to 373, 375 to 382, 384, 385, 391,
391a, 392 to 394, 399 to 404, 405 to 416, 435 to 440, 451 to 453,
460, 461 to 463, 464, 466, 467 to 482, and 489 to 498 of former
Title 46, Shipping. For complete classification of R.S. Secs. 4399
to 4500 to the Code, see Tables. A majority of such sections of the
Revised Statutes were repealed and various provisions thereof were
reenacted in Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983,
97 Stat. 500. For disposition of sections of former Title 46 into
revised Title 46, see Table at beginning of Title 46.
Act of June 15, 1917, referred to in subsec. (a), is act June 15,
1917, ch. 30, 40 Stat. 217, as amended. For complete classification
of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Act of August 7, 1953, referred to in subsec. (g)(1), is known as
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and is classified to
subchapter III (Sec. 1331 et seq.) of chapter 29 of Title 43,
Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code,
see Short Title note set out under section 1331 of Title 43 and
Tables.
Act of May 22, 1953, referred to in subsec. (g)(1), is known as
the Submerged Lands Act, and is classified generally to subchapters
I and II (Secs. 1301 et seq., 1311 et seq.) of chapter 29 of Title
43. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out under section 1301 of Title 43 and Tables.
Act of May 17, 1928, referred to in subsec. (g)(1), extended the
applicability of this chapter in respect to the injury or death of
an employee of an employer carrying on any employment in the
District of Columbia.
Act of August 16, 1941, referred to in subsec. (g)(1), is known
as the Defense Base Act and is classified generally to chapter 11
(Sec. 1651 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title
note set out under section 1651 of Title 42 and Tables.
CODIFICATION
In subsec. (d) "section 552 of title 5" substituted for "section
3 of the Administrative Procedure Act (ch. 324, 60 Stat. 237), as
amended", and in subsec. (g)(2) "subchapter I of chapter 81 of
title 5" substituted for "the Act of September 7, 1916 (ch. 458, 39
Stat. 742), as amended", on authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b),
Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Said section 3 of
the Administrative Procedure Act had been classified to section
1002 of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government
Officers and Employees. Said act of Sept. 7, 1916, was known as the
"Federal Employees' Compensation Act" and had been classified to
section 751 et seq. of former Title 5.
As originally enacted, subsec. (e) contained the phrase ",
together with the District Court for the Territory of Alaska,"
following "the United States district courts". The phrase has been
deleted as superfluous in view of Pub. L. 85-508, July 7, 1958, 72
Stat. 339 (set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 48,
Territories and Insular Possessions) which admitted Alaska into the
union and enacted section 81A of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial
Procedure, constituting Alaska as one judicial district and in view
of section 132 of Title 28 which provides that: "There shall be in
each judicial district a district court which shall be a court of
record known as the United States District Court for the district."
AMENDMENTS
1982 - Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 97-375 struck out "and from time
to time make to Congress such recommendations as he may deem proper
as to the best means of preventing such injuries" after "by this
chapter".
1958 - Pub. L. 85-742 amended section generally and, among other
changes, empowered the Secretary of Labor to prescribe, by
regulation or order, safety rules for the furnishing and
maintenance of safe places of employment and for the installation,
furnishing and maintenance of safety devices and safeguards,
authorized the Secretary to provide for the establishment and
supervision of safety programs, permitted the inspection of places
of employment and investigation of employment conditions and
practices, granted jurisdiction to the district courts to restrain
violations of this section or of any rules, regulations or orders
of the Secretary, and to prescribe penalties for violations.
"SECRETARY" DEFINED
Section 2 of Pub. L. 85-742 provided that: "The term 'Secretary'
as used in this Act and in amendments made by this Act [to this
section] means the Secretary of Labor."