2014 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping (Sections 101 - 80509)
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen (Sections 2101 - 14702)
Part J - Measurement of Vessels (Sections 14101 - 14702)
Chapter 145 - Regulatory Measurement (Sections 14501 - 14522)
Subchapter I - General (Sections 14501 - 14504)
Sec. 14501 - Application
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 46 - SHIPPING |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen Part J - Measurement of Vessels CHAPTER 145 - REGULATORY MEASUREMENT SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL Sec. 14501 - Application |
Contains | section 14501 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 99-509, title V, §5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1923; Pub. L. 111-281, title III, §303(g), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2925. |
Statutes at Large References | 100 Stat. 1923 124 Stat. 2925 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 99-509, Public Law 111-281 |
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This chapter applies to the following:
(1) A vessel not measured under chapter 143 of this title if the application of an international agreement or other law of the United States to the vessel depends on the vessel's tonnage.
(2) A vessel measured under chapter 143 of this title if the owner requests that the vessel also be measured under this chapter as provided in section 14305 of this title.
(Pub. L. 99–509, title V, §5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1923; Pub. L. 111–281, title III, §303(g), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2925.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTESRevised section 14501Source: Section (U.S. Code) 46 App. U.S.C. 71.
Section 14501 delineates the vessels that must be measured under this chapter, i.e. under the regulatory tonnage measurement system. Section 14501(1) states that a vessel must be measured under this chapter if the vessel has not been measured under the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, and if the vessel is to be documented as a vessel of the United States under chapter 121 of this subtitle, or if the application of a United States law depends on the vessels tonnage. Section 14501(2) states that a vessel must be measured under the regulatory measurement system if the owner requests.
AMENDMENTS2010—Par. (1). Pub. L. 111–281, §303(g)(1), amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: "a vessel not measured under chapter 143 of this title if—
"(A) the vessel is to be documented under chapter 121 of this title; or
"(B) the application of a law of the United States to the vessel depends on the vessel's tonnage."
Par. (2). Pub. L. 111–281, §303(g)(2), substituted "A vessel" for "a vessel".
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