2012 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen (§§ 2101 - 14702)
Part H - Identification of Vessels (§§ 12101 - 12507)
Chapter 121 - DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS (§§ 12101 - 12152)
Subchapter II - ENDORSEMENTS AND SPECIAL DOCUMENTATION (§§ 12111 - 12121)
Section 12116 - Limited endorsements for Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands
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 II - Vessels and Seamen Part H - Identification of Vessels CHAPTER 121 - DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS SUBCHAPTER II - ENDORSEMENTS AND SPECIAL DOCUMENTATION Sec. 12116 - Limited endorsements for Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands |
Contains | section 12116 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 109-304, §5, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1499. |
Statutes at Large References | 97 Stat. 589 102 Stat. 4752 120 Stat. 1499 |
Public Law References | Public Law 98-89, Public Law 100-710, Public Law 109-304 |
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(a)
(1) a coastwise endorsement to engage in the coastwise trade of fisheries products between places in Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands; or
(2) a fishery endorsement to engage in fishing in the territorial sea and fishery conservation zone adjacent to Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
(b)
(1) satisfies the requirements of section 12103 of this title;
(2) was not built in the United States, except that for an endorsement under subsection (a)(2), the vessel must not have been built or rebuilt in the United States;
(3) is less than 200 gross tons as measured under section 14502 of this title, or an alternate tonnage as measured under section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of this title; and
(4) otherwise qualifies under the laws of the United States to engage in the coastwise trade or the fisheries, as the case may be.
(Pub. L. 109–304, §5, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1499.)
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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12116 | 46:12106(c). | |
46:12108(c). |
A prior section 12116, Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 589, originally derived from section 65f of former Title 46, Shipping, related to numbers, signal letters, and identification markings, prior to being repealed by Pub. L. 100–710, title I, §§106(b)(5), 107(a), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4752, effective Jan. 1, 1989.
Territorial Sea of United StatesFor extension of territorial sea of United States, see Proc. No. 5928, set out as a note under section 1331 of Title 43, Public Lands.
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