2012 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle V - Merchant Marine (§§ 50101 - 58109)
Part E - Control of Merchant Marine Capabilities (§§ 56101 - 56504)
Chapter 561 - RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS (§§ 56101 - 56105)
Section 56101 - Approval required to transfer vessel to noncitizen
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 E - Control of Merchant Marine Capabilities CHAPTER 561 - RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS Sec. 56101 - Approval required to transfer vessel to noncitizen |
Contains | section 56101 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 109-304, §8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1651. |
Statutes at Large References | 39 Stat. 730 40 Stat. 900 41 Stat. 994 49 Stat. 1985, 1987 52 Stat. 964 79 Stat. 1305 95 Stat. 155 98 Stat. 1734 102 Stat. 4750 103 Stat. 1924 110 Stat. 3132, 3970, 3987 116 Stat. 2096 117 Stat. 1817 120 Stat. 1651 |
Public Law References | Public Law 89-346, Public Law 97-31, Public Law 98-454, Public Law 100-710, Public Law 101-225, Public Law 104-239, Public Law 104-324, Public Law 107-295, Public Law 108-136, Public Law 109-304 |
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(a)
(1)
(A) sell, lease, charter, deliver, or in any other manner transfer, or agree to sell, lease, charter, deliver, or in any other manner transfer, to a person not a citizen of the United States, an interest in or control of—
(i) a documented vessel owned by a citizen of the United States; or
(ii) a vessel last documented under the laws of the United States; or
(B) place under foreign registry, or operate under the authority of a foreign country, a documented vessel or a vessel last documented under the laws of the United States.
(2)
(b)
(c)
(1)(A) the Secretary, in conjunction with the Secretary of Defense, determines that at least one replacement vessel of equal or greater military capability and of a capacity that is equivalent or greater, as measured by deadweight tons, gross tons, or container equivalent units, as appropriate, is documented under chapter 121 of this title by the owner of the vessel placed under foreign registry; and
(B) the replacement vessel is not more than 10 years old on the date of that documentation; or
(2) an operating agreement covering the vessel under chapter 531 of this title has expired.
(d)
(e)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(A) knowingly sells, charters, or transfers the vessel or an interest in or control of the vessel; or
(B) places the vessel under foreign registry or operates the vessel under the authority of a foreign country.
(Pub. L. 109–304, §8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1651.)
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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56101(a) | 46 App.:808(c). | Sept. 7, 1916, ch. 451, §9(c), (d), 39 Stat. 730; July 15, 1918, ch. 152, §3, 40 Stat. 900; June 5, 1920, ch. 250, §18, 41 Stat. 994; Exec. Order No. 6166, §12, eff. June 10, 1933; June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, §204, title IX, §904, 49 Stat. 1987, 2016; June 23, 1938, ch. 600, §42, 52 Stat. 964; Pub. L. 89–346, §1, Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1305; Pub. L. 97–31, §12(26), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 155; Pub. L. 100–710, title I, §104(b)(3), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4750; Pub. L. 101–225, title III, §304(a), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1924; Pub. L. 104–324, title XI, [§]1113(c), (e), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3970, 3971; Pub. L. 107–295, title II, §205(d), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2096. |
46 App.:808a. | Pub. L. 98–454, title III, §302, Oct. 5, 1984, 98 Stat. 1734. | |
56101(b) | 46 App.:808(f) | Sept. 7, 1916, ch. 451, §9(f), as added Pub. L. 104–324, title XI, §1136(b), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3987; Pub. L. 108–136, title XXXV, §3532(a)(1), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1817. |
56101(c) | 46 App.:808(e) | Sept. 7, 1916, ch. 451, §9(e), as added Pub. L. 104–239, §6, Oct. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 3132; Pub. L. 108–136, title XXXV, §3532(a)(2), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1817. |
56101(d) | 46 App.:808(d)(1). | |
56101(e) | 46 App.:808(d)(2)–(4). |
In subsection (a), the text of 46 App. U.S.C. 808a is omitted as unnecessary. In paragraph (1), the words “owned by a citizen of the United States” are omitted as unnecessary because ownership by a citizen is a requirement for documentation. See section 12103 as revised by the bill.
In subsection (c), before paragraph (1), the words “Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, or any contract with the Secretary made under this subtitle or that Act” are substituted for “Notwithstanding subsection (c)(2) of this section, the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 [46 App. U.S.C. 1101 et seq.], or any contract entered into with the Secretary of Transportation under that Act” because the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, is restated principally in this subtitle, but other provisions of that Act are being neither restated nor repealed.
References in TextThe Merchant Marine Act, 1936, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1), (c), is act June 29, 1936, ch. 858, 49 Stat. 1985, which enacted provisions set out as notes under section 53101 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1936 Amendment note set out under section 101 of this title and Tables.
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