2012 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle V - Merchant Marine (§§ 50101 - 58109)
Part C - Financial Assistance Programs (§§ 53101 - 54101)
Chapter 531 - MARITIME SECURITY FLEET (§§ 53101 - 53111)
Section 53104 - Effectiveness of operating agreements
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 46 - SHIPPING |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle V - Merchant Marine Part C - Financial Assistance Programs CHAPTER 531 - MARITIME SECURITY FLEET Sec. 53104 - Effectiveness of operating agreements |
Contains | section 53104 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 108-136, div. C, title XXXV, §3531(a), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1810; amended Pub. L. 109-304, §13(a)(3), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1701; Pub. L. 111-383, div. C, title XXXV, §3502(1), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4518; Pub. L. 112-239, div. C, title XXXV, §3508(d), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2224. |
Statutes at Large References | 117 Stat. 1810 120 Stat. 1701 124 Stat. 4518 126 Stat. 2224 |
Public Law References | Public Law 108-136, Public Law 109-304, Public Law 111-383, Public Law 112-239 |
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(b)
(c)
(1)
(A) the Secretary shall notify the contractor and provide a reasonable opportunity to comply with the operating agreement;
(B) the Secretary shall terminate the operating agreement if the contractor fails to achieve such compliance; and
(C) upon such termination, any funds obligated by the agreement shall be available to the Secretary to carry out this chapter.
(2)
(d)
(e)
(1) each vessel covered by the operating agreement is thereby released from any further obligation under the operating agreement;
(2) the owner or operator of the vessel may transfer and register such vessel under a foreign registry that is acceptable to the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding section 56101 of this title; and
(3) if chapter 563 of this title is applicable to such vessel after registration of the vessel under such a registry, then the vessel is available to be requisitioned by the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to chapter 563.
(Added Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXV, §3531(a), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1810; amended Pub. L. 109–304, §13(a)(3), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1701; Pub. L. 111–383, div. C, title XXXV, §3502(1), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4518; Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXV, §3508(d), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2224.)
Amendments2013—Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 112–239, §3508(d)(1), struck out par. (3) which related to early termination by contractor, with available replacement.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 112–239, §3508(d)(2), struck out “an operating agreement under this chapter is terminated under subsection (c)(3), or if” after “If” in introductory provisions.
2011—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–383 substituted “2025” for “2015”.
2006—Subsec. (c)(3)(B)(ii). Pub. L. 109–304, §13(a)(3)(A), substituted “section 50501 of this title” for “section 2 of the Shipping Act, 1916 (46 U.S.C. App. 802)” in subcls. (I) and (II).
Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 109–304, §13(a)(3)(B), substituted “section 56101 of this title” for “section 9 of the Shipping Act, 1916 (46 U.S.C. App. 808)”.
Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 109–304, §13(a)(3)(C), substituted “chapter 563 of this title” and “chapter 563” for “section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1242)” and “section 902 of such Act”, respectively.
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