46 U.S.C. § 4901 — Surveillance requirements

(a) A nonpassenger vessel^* in commercial service must maintain video surveillance. (b) This covers documented vessels with overnight accommodations for at least 10 people on a 600-mile voyage crossing seaward of the Boundary Line^* or at least 24 meters long and subject to a load line; documented vessels of at least 500 gross tons on an international voyage; and vessels with at least 10 overnight occupants operating at least 72 hours on waters above the outer Continental Shelf as defined in 43 U.S.C. § 1331(a). (c) The owner must install video and audio equipment within two years after enactment of the 2022 Don Young Act or at the next scheduled drydock, whichever is later, in passageways where stateroom doors open, positioned to see every door. (d) Clear signs must notify the crew. (e) Records may not be used in a labor action or employment dispute unless used in a criminal or civil action. (f) All records must be kept at least one year; footage associated with an alleged incident should be kept at least five years from that incident. (g) Owners or seafarer employers must train incident responders to preserve evidence objectively, act impartially, and know applicable Federal, State^*, Tribal, and local sexual-assault and harassment investigation and reporting laws. “Owner” means owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or other person in charge. (h) Fishing, fish-processing, and fish-tender vessels are exempt.