2016 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle V - Merchant Marine
Part D - Promotional Programs
Chapter 551 - Coastwise Trade
Sec. 55106 - Merchandise transferred between barges
46 U.S.C. § 55106 (2016) | ||||||
§55106. Merchandise transferred between barges | ||||||
(a) In General.—On terms and conditions the Secretary of Homeland Security may prescribe by regulation, the Secretary may suspend the application of section 55102 of this title to the transportation of merchandise that is transferred, when moving in the foreign trade of the United States, from a barge certified by the owner or operator as designed specifically for carriage on a vessel and carried regularly on a vessel in foreign trade, to another such barge owned or leased by the same owner or operator. However, this subsection does not apply to transportation between the continental United States and noncontiguous States, territories, or possessions to which the coastwise laws apply. (b) Reciprocity Requirement for Foreign Vessels.—This section applies to a vessel of foreign registry only if the Secretary of Homeland Security finds, based on information from the Secretary of State, that the government of the nation of registry extends reciprocal privileges to vessels of the United States. |
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(Pub. L. 109–304, §8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1635.) |
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In subsection (a), the words "non-self-propelled" are omitted as unnecessary because of the definition of "barge" in chapter 1 of the revised title. The words "between points in the United States" and "without regard to whether any such barge is under foreign registry or qualified to engage in the coastwise trade" are omitted as surplus. |
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Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle V - Merchant Marine Part D - Promotional Programs CHAPTER 551 - COASTWISE TRADE Sec. 55106 - Merchandise transferred between barges |
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section 55106 | ||||||
2016 | ||||||
January 6, 2017 | ||||||
Yes | ||||||
transferred | ||||||
41 Stat. 999 49 Stat. 442 85 Stat. 486 120 Stat. 1635 |
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Public Law 92-163, Public Law 109-304 |