[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR783.39]

[Page 659]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 783_APPLICATION OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT TO EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED 
AS SEAMEN--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 783.39  ``Vessel'' includes all means of water transportation.

    Since the Act does not define ``vessel'' it is appropriate to apply 
the difinition of ``vessel'' as set forth in the United States Code (1 
U.S.C. 3). The Code defines ``vessel'' as including ``every description 
of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being 
used, as a means of transportation on water''. But the Federal Boating 
Act of 1958, (under which the U.S. Coast Guard is responsible for 
numbering vessels) and the Documentation Regulations administered by the 
Bureau of Customs, utilize this basic definition, with the addition of 
specific exclusions for ``seaplanes'' and ``aircraft'' (46 U.S.C. 527; 
19 CFR 3.1(a)).