2012 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle V - Merchant Marine (§§ 50101 - 58109)
Part G - Restrictions and Penalties (§§ 58101 - 58109)
Chapter 581 - RESTRICTIONS AND PENALTIES (§§ 58101 - 58109)
Section 58103 - Employing another person as managing or operating agent

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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 G - Restrictions and Penalties
CHAPTER 581 - RESTRICTIONS AND PENALTIES
Sec. 58103 - Employing another person as managing or operating agent
Containssection 58103
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 109-304, §8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1671.
Statutes at Large References49 Stat. 2013
52 Stat. 963
84 Stat. 1675
95 Stat. 164
110 Stat. 3131
120 Stat. 1671
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 91-603, Public Law 97-31, Public Law 104-239, Public Law 109-304

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RESTRICTIONS AND PENALTIES - 46 U.S.C. § 58103 (2012)
§58103. Employing another person as managing or operating agent

(a) Prohibition.—Except with the written consent of the Secretary of Transportation, a contractor holding a contract under the operating-differential subsidy program or under chapter 575 of this title may not—

(1) employ another person as the managing or operating agent of the operator; or

(2) charter a vessel, on which an operating-differential subsidy is to be paid, for operation by another person.


(b) Applicability of Provisions to Charterer.—If a charter prohibited by this section is made, the person operating the chartered vessel is subject to all the provisions of this subtitle and the operating-differential subsidy program, including limitations of profits and salaries.

(Pub. L. 109–304, §8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1671.)

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Source (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
58103 46 App.:1223(d). June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title VIII, §805(d), 49 Stat. 2013; June 23, 1938, ch. 600, §§36, 37, 52 Stat. 963; Pub. L. 91–603, §4(e), Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1675; Pub. L. 97–31, §12(122), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 164; Pub. L. 104–239, §4(b)(2), Oct. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 3131.

In subsection (a), the words “contractor holding a contract under the operating-differential subsidy program or under chapter 575 of this title” are substituted for “contractor holding a contract authorized under part A of subchapter VI or VII of this chapter” for the reasons explained under section 58101.

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