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46 U.S.C. § 12101 — Definitions
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**(a) Rebuilt in the United States.—** In this chapter, a vessel is deemed to have been rebuilt in the United States only if the entire rebuilding, including the construction of any major component of the hull or superstructure, was done in the United States.
**(b) Related Terms in Other Laws.—** When the following terms are used in a law, regulation, document, ruling, or other official act referring to the documentation of a vessel, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Registry endorsement.—** — The terms “certificate of registry”, “register”, and “registry” mean a certificate of documentation with a registry endorsement issued under this chapter.
(2) **Coastwise endorsement.—** — The terms “license”, “enrollment and license”, “license for the coastwise (or coasting) trade”, and “enrollment and license for the coastwise (or coasting) trade” mean a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement issued under this chapter.
(3) **Yacht.—** — The term “yacht” means a recreational vessel even if not documented.
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**(a) Rebuilt in the United States.—** In this chapter, a vessel is deemed to have been rebuilt in the United States only if the entire rebuilding, including the construction of any major component of the hull or superstructure, was done in the United States.
**(b) Related Terms in Other Laws.—** When the following terms are used in a law, regulation, document, ruling, or other official act referring to the documentation of a vessel, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Registry endorsement.—** — The terms “certificate of registry”, “register”, and “registry” mean a certificate of documentation with a registry endorsement issued under this chapter.
(2) **Coastwise endorsement.—** — The terms “license”, “enrollment and license”, “license for the coastwise (or coasting) trade”, and “enrollment and license for the coastwise (or coasting) trade” mean a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement issued under this chapter.
(3) **Yacht.—** — The term “yacht” means a recreational vessel even if not documented.
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In this title, the term “fisheries” includes processing, storing, transporting (except in foreign commerce), planting, cultivating, catching, taking, or harvesting fish, shellfish, marine animals, pearls, shells, or marine vegetation in the navigable waters of the United States or in the exclusive economic zone.
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**(a)** Until Congress shall further provide for the government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, all executive, legislative, and judicial authority necessary for the civil administration of the Trust Territory shall continue to be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner and through such agency or agencies as the President of the United States may direct or authorize.
**(b)** The head of any department, corporation, or other agency of the executive branch of the Government may, upon the request of the Secretary of the Interior, extend to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, with or without reimbursement, scientific, technical, and other assistance under any program administered by such agency, or extend to the Trust Territory any Federal program administered by such agency, if the assistance or program will promote the welfare of the Trust Territory, notwithstanding any provision of law under which the Trust Territory may otherwise be ineligible for the assistance or program: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall not request assistance pursuant to this subsection that involves, in the aggregate, an estimated nonreimbursable cost in any one fiscal year in excess of $150,000: Provided further, That the cost of any program extended to the Trust Territory under this subsection shall be reimbursable out of appropriations authorized and made for the government of the Trust Territory pursuant to section 2 of this Act, as amended. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to financial assistance under a grant-in-aid program.
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In this subtitle—
(1) “associated equipment”—
(A) means—
(i) a system, accessory, component, or appurtenance of a recreational vessel; or
(ii) a marine safety article intended for use on board a recreational vessel; but
(B) with the exception of emergency locator beacons for recreational vessels operating beyond 3 nautical miles from the baselines from which the territorial sea of the United States is measured or beyond 3 nautical miles from the coastline of the Great Lakes, does not include radio equipment.
(2) “Coast Guard” means the organization established and continued under [section 101 of title 14](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section101&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) “Commandant” means the Commandant of the Coast Guard.
(4) “commercial service” includes any type of trade or business involving the transportation of goods or individuals, except service performed by a combatant vessel.
(5) “consideration” means an economic benefit, inducement, right, or profit including pecuniary payment accruing to an individual, person, or entity, but not including a voluntary sharing of the actual expenses of the voyage, by monetary contribution or donation of fuel, food, beverage, or other supplies.
(6) “crude oil” means a liquid hydrocarbon mixture occurring naturally in the earth, whether or not treated to render it suitable for transportation, and includes crude oil from which certain distillate fractions may have been removed, and crude oil to which certain distillate fractions may have been added.
(7) “crude oil tanker” means a tanker engaged in the trade of carrying crude oil.
(8) “dangerous drug” means a narcotic drug, a controlled substance, or a controlled substance analog (as defined in section 102 of the Com
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**(a) In General.—** The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall establish a fleet of active, commercially viable, militarily useful, privately owned vessels to meet national defense and other security requirements and maintain a United States presence in international commercial shipping. The Fleet shall consist of privately owned, United States-documented vessels for which there are in effect operating agreements under this chapter, and shall be known as the Maritime Security Fleet.
**(b) Vessel Eligibility.—** A vessel is eligible to be included in the Fleet if—
(1) the vessel meets the requirements of paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (c);
(2) the vessel is operated (or in the case of a vessel to be constructed, will be operated) in providing transportation in foreign commerce;
(3) the vessel is self-propelled and—
(A) is a tank vessel that is 10 years of age or less on the date the vessel is included in the Fleet; or
(B) is any other type of vessel that is 15 years of age or less on the date the vessel is included in the Fleet;
(4) the vessel—
(A) is suitable for use by the United States for national defense or military purposes in time of war or national emergency, as determined by the Secretary of Defense; and
(B) is commercially viable, as determined by the Secretary; and
(5) the vessel—
(A) is a United States-documented vessel; or
(B) is not a United States-documented vessel, but—
(i) the owner of the vessel has demonstrated an intent to have the vessel documented under chapter 121 of this title if it is included in the Fleet; and
(ii) at the time an operating agreement for the vessel is entered into under this chapter, the vessel is eligible for documentation under chapter
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TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 12101
L. 107–20, July 24, 2001, 115 Stat. 155; Pub. L. 107–206,
Aug. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 820; Pub. L. 107–295, Nov. 25, 2002,
116 Stat. 2064; Pub. L. 108–136, Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat.
1392; Pub. L. 108–293, Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1028; Pub. L.
109–241, July 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 516. This chapter is
shown here, however, as having been enacted by Pub. L.
109–304, § 5, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1491, without reference
to those intervening amendments because of the gen-
eral amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 109–304.
AMENDMENTS
2021—Pub.
L.
116–283,
div.
G,
title
LVXXXIII
[LXXXIII], § 8320(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4701, which di-
rected amendment of ‘‘the analysis for subchapter I of
chapter 121’’ of this title by adding at the end item
12108 ‘‘Authority to extend duration of vessel certifi-
cates’’, was executed by adding item 12108 after item
12107 in this analysis to reflect the probable intent of
Congress.
2012—Pub. L. 112–213, title III, § 308(b), Dec. 20, 2012,
126 Stat. 1566, added item 12140.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TRANSPARENCY
Pub. L. 115–282, title V, § 516(a), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat.
4279, provided that: ‘‘The Commandant of the Coast
Guard shall publish any letter of determination issued
by the Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation
Center after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec.
4, 2018] on the National Vessel Documentation Center
website not later than 30 days after the date of issuance
of such letter of determination.’’
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL
§ 12101. Definitions
(a) REBUILT
IN
THE UNITED STATES.—In this
chapter, a vessel is deemed to have been rebuilt
in the United States only if the entire rebuild-
ing, including the construction of any major
component of the hull
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