2009 US Code
Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 99 - OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION
SUBCHAPTER II - MARITIME FINANCING FOR OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION
Sec. 9141 - Determinations under Merchant Marine Act, 1936
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 99 - OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION SUBCHAPTER II - MARITIME FINANCING FOR OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION Sec. 9141 - Determinations under Merchant Marine Act, 1936 |
Contains | section 9141 |
Date | 2009 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | February 1, 2010 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 96-320, title II, §201, Aug. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 991. |
Statutes at Large References | 49 Stat. 1985 94 Stat. 991 120 Stat. 1555, 1709 |
Public Law References | Public Law 96-320, Public Law 109-304 |
§9141. Determinations under Merchant Marine Act, 1936
(a)(1) For the purposes of chapter 535 of title 46, any ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship licensed pursuant to this chapter, and any vessel providing shipping service to or from such an ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship, shall be deemed to be a vessel operated in the foreign commerce of the United States.
(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection shall apply for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1981.
(b) For the purposes of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1177 et seq.),1 any vessel documented under the laws of the United States and used in providing shipping service to or from any ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be used in, and used in an essential service in, the foreign commerce or foreign trade of the United States, as defined in section 109 of title 46.
(Pub. L. 96–320, title II, §201, Aug. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 991.)
References in TextThe Merchant Marine Act, 1936, referred to in subsec. (b), is act June 29, 1936, ch. 858, 49 Stat. 1985, which was classified principally to chapter 27 (§1101 et seq.) of the former Appendix to Title 46, Shipping. Most of this Act was repealed and restated mainly as subtitle V of Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 109–304, §§8, 19, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1555, 1710. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of sections of the former Appendix to Title 46, see Disposition Table preceding section 101 of Title 46.
CodificationIn subsec. (a)(1), “chapter 535 of title 46” substituted for “section 607 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1177)” and in subsec. (b), “section 109 of title 46” substituted for “section 905(a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1244(a))” on authority of Pub. L. 109–304, §18(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1709, which Act enacted chapter 535 and section 109 of Title 46, Shipping.
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