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46 U.S.C. § 12139 — Reports
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**(a) In General.—** To ensure compliance with this chapter and laws governing the qualifications of vessels to engage in the coastwise trade and the fisheries, the Secretary may require owners, masters, charterers, and mortgagees of documented vessels to submit reports in any reasonable form and manner the Secretary may prescribe.
**(b) Vessels Rebuilt Outside United States.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, if a vessel exceeding the tonnage specified in paragraph (2) and documented or last documented under the laws of the United States is rebuilt outside the United States, the owner or master shall submit a report of the rebuilding to the Secretary.
(2) **Tonnage.—** — The tonnage referred to in paragraph (1) is—
(A) 500 gross tons as measured under [section 14502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14502&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(B) an alternate tonnage as measured under [section 14302 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14302&num=0&edition=prelim) as prescribed by the Secretary under [section 14104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14104&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Timing of submission.—** — If the rebuilding is completed in the United States, the report shall be submitted when the rebuilding is completed. If the rebuilding is completed outside the United States, the report shall be submitted when the vessel first arrives at a port in the customs territory of the United States.
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**(a) In General.—** To ensure compliance with this chapter and laws governing the qualifications of vessels to engage in the coastwise trade and the fisheries, the Secretary may require owners, masters, charterers, and mortgagees of documented vessels to submit reports in any reasonable form and manner the Secretary may prescribe.
**(b) Vessels Rebuilt Outside United States.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, if a vessel exceeding the tonnage specified in paragraph (2) and documented or last documented under the laws of the United States is rebuilt outside the United States, the owner or master shall submit a report of the rebuilding to the Secretary.
(2) **Tonnage.—** — The tonnage referred to in paragraph (1) is—
(A) 500 gross tons as measured under [section 14502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14502&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(B) an alternate tonnage as measured under [section 14302 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14302&num=0&edition=prelim) as prescribed by the Secretary under [section 14104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14104&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Timing of submission.—** — If the rebuilding is completed in the United States, the report shall be submitted when the rebuilding is completed. If the rebuilding is completed outside the United States, the report shall be submitted when the vessel first arrives at a port in the customs territory of the United States.
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**(a)** The Secretary shall measure a vessel to which this chapter applies in the way provided by this chapter and the Convention.
**(b)** A vessel measured under this chapter may not be required to be measured under another law.
**(c)** Unless otherwise provided by law, the measurement of a vessel under this chapter applies to a law of the United States whose applicability depends on a vessel’s tonnage, if that law—
(1) becomes effective after July 18, 1994; or
(2) is in effect before July 19, 1994, is not enumerated in [section 14305 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14305&num=0&edition=prelim), and is identified by the Secretary by regulation as a law to which this chapter applies.
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Notwithstanding any agreement with the United States Government, the Secretary may issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for a vessel to transport liquified natural gas or liquified petroleum gas to Puerto Rico from other ports in the United States, if the vessel—
(1) is a foreign built vessel that was built before October 19, 1996; or
(2) was documented under this chapter before that date, even if the vessel is placed under a foreign registry and subsequently redocumented under this chapter for operation under this section.
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The Secretary shall measure a vessel to which this chapter applies in the way provided by this chapter.
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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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In this title, the term “agency” means a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government.
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**(a)** When the application of a law of the United States to a vessel depends on the vessel’s tonnage, the vessel shall be measured under this part.
**(b)** If a statute allows for an alternate tonnage to be prescribed under this section, the Secretary may prescribe it by regulation. Any such regulation shall be considered to be an interpretive regulation for purposes of [section 553 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section553&num=0&edition=prelim). Until an alternate tonnage is prescribed, the statutorily established tonnage shall apply to vessels measured under chapter 143 or chapter 145 of this title.
**(c)** The head of each Federal agency shall ensure that regulations issued by the agency that specify particular tonnages comply with the alternate tonnages implemented by the Secretary.
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TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 12137
certificate of documentation of a vessel cov-
ered by a mortgage filed or recorded under sec-
tion 31321 of this title only if the mortgagee
consents.
(3) NOTICE OF LIEN.—The Secretary may not
refuse to approve the surrender of the certifi-
cate of documentation for a vessel solely on
the basis that a notice of a claim of a lien on
the vessel has been recorded under section
31343(a) of this title.
(c)
CONTINUED
APPLICATION
OF
CERTAIN
LAWS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection
(a), until the certificate of documentation is
surrendered with the approval of the Sec-
retary, a documented vessel is deemed to con-
tinue to be documented under this chapter for
purposes of—
(A) chapter 313 of this title for an instru-
ment filed or recorded before the date of in-
validation and an assignment after that
date;
(B) sections 56101 and 56102(a)(2) and chap-
ter 563 of this title; and
(C) any other law of the United States
identified by the Secretary by regulation as
a law to which the Secretary applies this
subsection.
(2) EXCEPTION.—This subsection does not
apply when a vessel is forfeited or sold by
order of a district court of the United States.
(Pub. L. 109–304, § 5, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1506.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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12136(a) ......
46:12111(b).
12136(b)(1) ..
46:12111(d)(2).
12136(b)(2) ..
46:12111(c)(3).
12136(b)(3) ..
46:12111(d)(1).
12136(c)(1) ..
46:12111(c)(1).
12136(c)(2) ..
46:12111(c)(2).
In subsection (a), the words ‘‘or a certificate with an
invalid endorsement’’ are added for clarity.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
DOCUMENTATION SURRENDER AND INVALIDATION
Pub. L. 101–225, title III, § 301(b), Dec. 12, 1989, 103
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