VESSEL DEEMED PUBLIC VESSEL.

SEC. 406. VESSEL DEEMED PUBLIC VESSEL. Section 827 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “§ 827. Vessel deemed public vessel “While assigned to authorized Coast Guard duty, any motorboat or yacht shall be deemed to be a public vessel of the United States and a vessel of the Coast Guard within the meaning of sections 646 and 647 of this title and other applicable provisions of law.”