1995 US Code
Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 25 - PROTECTION OF VESSELS ON THE HIGH SEAS AND IN TERRITORIAL WATERS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Sec. 1971 - Vessel of the United States” defined
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 25 - PROTECTION OF VESSELS ON THE HIGH SEAS AND IN TERRITORIAL WATERS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES Sec. 1971 - Vessel of the United States” defined |
| Contains | section 1971 |
| Date | 1995 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 1996 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Short Titles | Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 |
| Source Credit | Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1018, §1, 68 Stat. 883; Oct. 28, 1978, Pub. L. 95-541, §14(a), 92 Stat. 2057. |
| Statutes at Large References | 68 Stat. 883 82 Stat. 730 92 Stat. 2057 100 Stat. 3706 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 90-482, Public Law 95-541, Public Law 99-659 |
§1971. “Vessel of the United States” defined
For the purposes of this chapter the term “vessel of the United States” shall mean any private vessel documented or certificated under the laws of the United States. Notwithstanding any other law, the documentation or certification of any such vessel shall not be considered to be affected, for the purposes of this chapter, in any manner or to any extent if at any time during any voyage for the purpose of fishing beyond the fishery conservation zone (as defined in section 1802(8) 1 of title 16), the vessel is commanded by other than a citizen of the United States.
(Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1018, §1, 68 Stat. 883; Oct. 28, 1978, Pub. L. 95–541, §14(a), 92 Stat. 2057.)
References in TextSection 1802(8) of title 16, referred to in text, which defined “fishery conservation zone”, was repealed and section 1802(6) of Title 16, Conservation, defining “exclusive economic zone”, was added by Pub. L. 99–659, title I, §101(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3706.
Amendments1978—Pub. L. 95–541 provided that the documentation or certification of a vessel of the United States not be affected if at any time during the voyage for the purpose of fishing beyond the fishery conservation zone, the vessel is commanded by other than a citizen of the United States.
Effective Date of 1978 AmendmentSection 14(b) of Pub. L. 95–541 provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect January 1, 1978.”
Short TitlePub. L. 90–482, §4, Aug. 12, 1968, 82 Stat. 730, provided that: “The Act of August 27, 1954 (68 Stat. 883; 22 U.S.C. 1971–1976), as amended by this Act [this chapter], may be cited as the ‘Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967’.”
Cross ReferencesDocumentation of vessels, see section 12101 et seq. of Title 46, Shipping.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in title 48 section 1904.
1 See References in Text note below.
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