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46 U.S.C. § 55109 — Dredging
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**(a) In General.—** Except as provided in subsection (b), a vessel may engage in dredging in the navigable waters of the United States only if—
(1) the vessel is wholly owned by citizens of the United States for purposes of engaging in the coastwise trade;
(2) the charterer, if any, is a citizen of the United States for purposes of engaging in the coastwise trade; and
(3) the vessel has been issued a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement under chapter 121 of this title or is exempt from documentation but would otherwise be eligible for such a certificate and endorsement.
**(b) Dredging of Gold in Alaska.—** A documented vessel with a registry endorsement may engage in the dredging of gold in Alaska.
**(c) Penalty.—** If a vessel is operated in knowing violation of this section, the vessel and its equipment are liable to seizure by and forfeiture to the United States Government.
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**(a) In General.—** Except as provided in subsection (b), a vessel may engage in dredging in the navigable waters of the United States only if—
(1) the vessel is wholly owned by citizens of the United States for purposes of engaging in the coastwise trade;
(2) the charterer, if any, is a citizen of the United States for purposes of engaging in the coastwise trade; and
(3) the vessel has been issued a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement under chapter 121 of this title or is exempt from documentation but would otherwise be eligible for such a certificate and endorsement.
**(b) Dredging of Gold in Alaska.—** A documented vessel with a registry endorsement may engage in the dredging of gold in Alaska.
**(c) Penalty.—** If a vessel is operated in knowing violation of this section, the vessel and its equipment are liable to seizure by and forfeiture to the United States Government.
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**(a) Definitions.—** In this section:
(1) **Bowaters corporation.—** — The term “Bowaters corporation” means a corporation that has filed a certificate under oath with the Secretary, in the form and at the times prescribed by the Secretary, establishing that—
(A) the corporation is incorporated under the laws of the United States or a State;
(B) a majority of the officers and directors of the corporation are individuals who are citizens of the United States;
(C) at least 90 percent of the employees of the corporation are residents of the United States;
(D) the corporation is engaged primarily in a manufacturing or mineral industry in the United States;
(E) the total book value of the vessels owned by the corporation is not more than 10 percent of the total book value of the assets of the corporation; and
(F) the corporation buys or produces in the United States at least 75 percent of the raw materials used or sold in its operations.
(2) **Parent.—** — The term “parent” means a corporation that has filed a certificate under oath with the Secretary, in the form and at the times prescribed by the Secretary, establishing that the corporation—
(A) is incorporated under the laws of the United States or a State; and
(B) controls, directly or indirectly, at least 50 percent of the voting stock of a Bowaters corporation.
(3) **Subsidiary.—** — The term “subsidiary” means a corporation that has filed a certificate under oath with the Secretary, in the form and at the times prescribed by the Secretary, establishing that the corporation—
(A) is incorporated under the laws of the United States or a State; and
(B) has at least 50 percent of its voting stock controlled, directly or indirectly, by a Bowaters corporation or its parent.
**(b) Deemed Cit
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TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 55108
nation of registry extends reciprocal privileges
to vessels of the United States.
(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1635.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
55107 ..........
46 App.:883 (6th pro-
viso).
June 5, 1920, ch. 250, § 27 (6th
proviso), 41 Stat. 999; July
2, 1935, ch. 355, 49 Stat. 442;
Pub. L. 89–194, Sept. 21,
1965, 79 Stat. 823; Pub. L.
90–474, Aug. 11, 1968, 80
Stat. 700; Pub. L. 92–163,
§ 1, Nov. 23, 1971, 85 Stat.
486.
In subsection (a), before paragraph (1), the words ‘‘by
vessels of the United States not qualified to engage in
the coastwise trade, or by vessels of foreign registry’’
are omitted as unnecessary. In paragraph (4), the words
‘‘by the Secretary of the Treasury’’ are omitted as un-
necessary because the section referred to provides who
administers it.
§ 55108. Platform jackets
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) COASTWISE QUALIFIED VESSEL.—The term
‘‘coastwise qualified vessel’’ means a vessel
that has been issued a certificate of docu-
mentation with a coastwise endorsement
under chapter 121 of this title.
(2) PLATFORM JACKET.—The term ‘‘platform
jacket’’ refers to a single physical component
and includes any type of offshore exploration,
development, or production structure or com-
ponent thereof, including—
(A) platform jackets;
(B) tension leg or SPAR platform super-
structures (including the deck, drilling rig
and support utilities, and supporting struc-
ture);
(C) hull (including vertical legs and con-
necting pontoons or vertical cylinder);
(D) tower and base sections of a platform
jacket;
(E) jacket structures; and
(F) deck modules (known as ‘‘topsides’’).
(b)
AUTHORIZED
TRANSPORTATION.—
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