2016 US Code
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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Citation 46 U.S.C. § 55106 (2016)
Section Name §55106. Merchandise transferred between barges
Section Text

(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.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, §8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1635.)

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Historical and Revision Notes
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Source (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
55106 46 App.:883 (7th proviso). June 5, 1920, ch. 250, §27 (7th proviso), 41 Stat. 999; July 2, 1935, ch. 355, 49 Stat. 442; Pub. L. 92–163, §1, Nov. 23, 1971, 85 Stat. 486.

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.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 46 - SHIPPING
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 46 - SHIPPING
Subtitle V - Merchant Marine
Part D - Promotional Programs
CHAPTER 551 - COASTWISE TRADE
Sec. 55106 - Merchandise transferred between barges
Contains section 55106
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law Yes
Disposition transferred
Statutes at Large References 41 Stat. 999
49 Stat. 442
85 Stat. 486
120 Stat. 1635
Public Law References Public Law 92-163, Public Law 109-304
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