2016 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 54 - Merchant Ship Sales
Sec. 4402 - Definitions

As used in this Act the term—

(a) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Transportation.

(b) to (f) Repealed. Pub. L. 101–225, title III, §307(12), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1925.

(g) "Citizen of the United States" includes a corporation, partnership, or association only if it is a citizen of the United States within the meaning of section 50501 of title 46. The term "affiliated interest" as used in sections 9 and 10 of this Act includes any person affiliated or associated with a citizen applicant for benefits under this Act who the Secretary, pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed hereunder, determines should be so included in order to carry out the policy and purposes of this Act.

(Mar. 8, 1946, ch. 82, §3, 60 Stat. 41; Pub. L. 97–31, §12(153), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 167; Pub. L. 101–225, title III, §307(12), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1925.)

This Act, referred to in text, is act Mar. 8, 1946, ch. 82, 60 Stat. 41, known as the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946, which is classified principally to this chapter. Section 9 of the Act was formerly classified to section 1742 of the former Appendix to this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 94–412, title V, §501(g), Sept. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1258. Section 10 of the Act was formerly classified to section 1743 of the former Appendix to this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 101–225, title III, §307(12), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1925. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4401 of this title and Tables.

Section was formerly classified to section 1736 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

In subsec. (g), "section 50501 of title 46" substituted for "section 2 of the Shipping Act of 1916, as amended" which probably meant section 2 of the Shipping Act, 1916, on authority of Pub. L. 109–304, §18(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1709, which Act enacted section 50501 of Title 46, Shipping.

1989—Subsecs. (b) to (f). Pub. L. 101–225 struck out subsecs. (b) to (f) which defined "war-built vessel", "prewar domestic cost", "statutory sales price", "domestic war cost", and "cessation of hostilities", respectively.

1981—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–31, §12(153)(A), (B), substituted "Secretary" for "Commission" and "Secretary of Transportation" for "United States Maritime Commission".

Subsecs. (c) to (e), (g). Pub. L. 97–31, §12(153)(C), substituted "Secretary" for "Commission" wherever appearing.