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2012 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle V - Merchant Marine (§§ 50101 - 58109)
Part D - Promotional Programs (§§ 55101 - 55605)
Chapter 555 - MISCELLANEOUS (§§ 55501 - 55502)
Section 55501 - Mobile trade fairs

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 46 - SHIPPING
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 46 - SHIPPING
Subtitle V - Merchant Marine
Part D - Promotional Programs
CHAPTER 555 - MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 55501 - Mobile trade fairs
Containssection 55501
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 109-304, §8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1650.
Statutes at Large References76 Stat. 1074
79 Stat. 211
82 Stat. 449
102 Stat. 1572
120 Stat. 1650
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 87-839, Public Law 89-66, Public Law 90-434, Public Law 100-418, Public Law 109-304

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MISCELLANEOUS - 46 U.S.C. § 55501 (2012)
§55501. Mobile trade fairs

(a) In General.—The Secretary of Commerce shall encourage and promote the development and use of mobile trade fairs designed to show and sell the products of United States business and agriculture at foreign ports and at other commercial centers throughout the world where the operators of the fairs use, insofar as practicable, vessels and aircraft of the United States in transporting their exhibits.

(b) Technical and Financial Assistance.—When the Secretary determines that a mobile trade fair provides an economical and effective means of promoting export sales, the Secretary may provide to the operator of the fair—

(1) technical assistance and support; and

(2) financial assistance to defray certain expenses incurred outside the United States, except the cost of transportation on foreign vessels and aircraft.


(c) Use of Foreign Currencies.—To carry out this section, the President may use, in addition to amounts appropriated to carry out trade promotion activities, foreign currencies owned by or owed to the United States Government.

(Pub. L. 109–304, §8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1650.)

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Source (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
55501 46 App.:1122b. June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, §212(B), as added Pub. L. 87–839, §1, Oct. 18, 1962, 76 Stat. 1074; Pub. L. 89–66, July 7, 1965, 79 Stat. 211; Pub. L. 90–434, July 27, 1968, 82 Stat. 449; Pub. L. 100–418, title X, §10003(a), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1572.

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