2012 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen (§§ 2101 - 14702)
Part J - Measurement of Vessels (§§ 14101 - 14702)
Chapter 141 - GENERAL (§§ 14101 - 14104)
Section 14101 - Definitions
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 J - Measurement of Vessels CHAPTER 141 - GENERAL Sec. 14101 - Definitions |
Contains | section 14101 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 99-509, title V, §5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1919; Pub. L. 111-281, title III, §303(a), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2923. |
Statutes at Large References | 100 Stat. 1919 124 Stat. 2923 |
Public Law References | Public Law 99-509, Public Law 111-281 |
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In this part—
(1) “Convention” means the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969.
(2) “existing vessel” means a vessel the keel of which was laid or that was at a similar stage of construction before July 18, 1982.
(3) “Great Lakes” means—
(A) the Great Lakes; and
(B) the St. Lawrence River west of—
(i) a rhumb line drawn from Cap des Rosiers to West Point, Anticosti Island; and
(ii) on the north side of Anticosti Island, the meridian of longitude 63 degrees west.
(4) “vessel that engages on a foreign voyage” means a vessel—
(A) that arrives at a place under the jurisdiction of the United States from a place in a foreign country;
(B) that makes a voyage between places outside the United States;
(C) that departs from a place under the jurisdiction of the United States for a place in a foreign country; or
(D) that makes a voyage between a place within a territory or possession of the United States and another place under the jurisdiction of the United States not within that territory or possession.
(Pub. L. 99–509, title V, §5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1919; Pub. L. 111–281, title III, §303(a), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2923.)
Historical and Revision Notes Revised section 14101Source: International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships.
Section 14101 contains definitions that are limited to Part J—Measurement of Vessels. The source of these definitions is the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships in articles 2 and 4.
Amendments2010—Par. (4). Pub. L. 111–281, §303(a)(1), substituted “that engages” for “engaged” in introductory provisions.
Par. (4)(A). Pub. L. 111–281, §303(a)(2), substituted “that arrives” for “arriving”.
Par. (4)(B). Pub. L. 111–281, §303(a)(3), substituted “that makes” for “making” and struck out “(except a foreign vessel engaged on that voyage)” after “United States”.
Par. (4)(C). Pub. L. 111–281, §303(a)(4), substituted “that departs” for “departing”.
Par. (4)(D). Pub. L. 111–281, §303(a)(5), substituted “that makes” for “making”.
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