33 U.S.C. § 577a
Small-boat navigation projects; charter fishing craft
The Chief of Engineers, for the purpose of determining Federal and non-Federal cost sharing, relating to proposed construction of small-boat navigation projects, shall consider charter fishing craft as commercial vessels.
( Pub. L. 91–611, title I, § 119 , Dec. 31, 1970 , 84 Stat. 1822 .)