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46 U.S.C. § 55119 — Yukon River
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[Section 55102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section55102&num=0&edition=prelim) does not apply to the transportation of merchandise on the Yukon River until the Alaska Railroad is completed and the Secretary of Transportation finds that proper facilities will be available for transportation by citizens of the United States to properly handle the traffic.
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**(a) Definition.—** In this section, the term “merchandise” includes—
(1) merchandise owned by the United States Government, a State, or a subdivision of a State; and
(2) valueless material.
**(b) Requirements.—** Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or chapter 121 of this title, a vessel may not provide any part of the transportation of merchandise by water, or by land and water, between points in the United States to which the coastwise laws apply, either directly or via a foreign port, unless the vessel—
(1) is wholly owned by citizens of the United States for purposes of engaging in the coastwise trade; and
(2) has been issued a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement under chapter 121 or is exempt from documentation but would otherwise be eligible for such a certificate and endorsement.
**(c) Penalty.—** Merchandise transported in violation of subsection (b) is liable to seizure by and forfeiture to the Government. Alternatively, an amount equal to the value of the merchandise (as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security) or the actual cost of the transportation, whichever is greater, may be recovered from any person transporting the merchandise or causing the merchandise to be transported.
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TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 55121
§ 55117. Great Lakes rail route
Section 55102 of this title does not apply to the
transportation of merchandise loaded on a rail-
road car or to a motor vehicle with or without
a trailer, and with its passengers or contents
when accompanied by the operator, when the
railroad car or motor vehicle is transported in a
railroad car ferry operated between fixed termi-
nals on the Great Lakes as part of a rail route,
if—
(1) the car ferry is owned by a common car-
rier by water and operated as part of a rail
route with the approval of the Surface Trans-
portation Board;
(2) the stock of the common carrier by
water, or its predecessor, was owned or con-
trolled by a common carrier by rail prior to
June 5, 1920;
(3) the stock of the common carrier owning
the car ferry is, with the approval of the
Board, now owned or controlled by a common
carrier by rail; and
(4) the car ferry is built in and documented
under the laws of the United States.
(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1640.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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55117 ..........
46 App.:883 (5th pro-
viso).
June 5, 1920, ch. 250, § 27, as
added Apr. 11, 1935, ch. 58,
49 Stat. 154.
§ 55118. Foreign railroads whose road enters by
ferry, tugboat, or towboat
A foreign railroad, whose road enters the
United States by ferry, tugboat, or towboat,
may own and operate a vessel not having a
coastwise endorsement in connection with the
water transportation of the passenger, freight,
express, baggage, and mail cars used by that
road, together with the passengers, freight, ex-
press matter, baggage, and mails transported in
those cars. However, the foreign railroad is sub-
ject to the same restrict
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