46 U.S.C. § 110 — Foreign vessel

Page 14 TITLE 46—SHIPPING § 110 merce or trade between a place in the United States and a place in a foreign country. (b) CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FUNDS AND CON- STRUCTION-DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDIES.—In the con- text of capital construction funds under chapter 535 of this title, and in the context of construc- tion-differential subsidies under title V of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, the terms ‘‘foreign commerce’’ and ‘‘foreign trade’’ also include, in the case of liquid and dry bulk cargo carrying services, trading between foreign ports in ac- cordance with normal commercial bulk shipping practices in a manner that will permit bulk ves- sels of the United States to compete freely with foreign bulk vessels in their operation or com- petition for charters, subject to regulations pre- scribed by the Secretary of Transportation. (Pub. L. 109–304, § 4, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1487.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 109 ............. 46 App.:1244(a). June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title IX, § 905(a), 49 Stat. 2016; June 23, 1938, ch. 600, § 39(a), 52 Stat. 964; Pub. L. 91–469, § 28, Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1034; Pub. L. 92–402, § 2, Aug. 22, 1972, 86 Stat. 617; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(133)(A), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 165. In subsection (a), the words ‘‘its Territories or posses- sions, or the District of Columbia’’ are omitted because of the definition of ‘‘United States’’ in this chapter. Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Merchant Marine Act, 1936, referred to in subsec. (b), is act June 29, 1936, ch. 858, 49 Stat. 1985. Title V of the Act enacted provisions set out as notes under sec- tion 53101 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1936 Amend- ment note set out under section 101 of this title and Ta- bles. § 110. Foreign vessel In this title, the term ‘‘foreign vessel’’ means a vessel of foreign registry or operated under the authority of a foreign country. (Pub. L. 109–304, § 4, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1487.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 110 ............. 46:2101(12). § 111. Numbered vessel In this title, the term ‘‘numbered vessel’’ means a vessel for which a number has been issued under chapter 123 of this title. (Pub. L. 109–304, § 4, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1487.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 111 ............. 46:2101(17b). § 112. State In this title, the term ‘‘State’’ means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Amer- ican Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States. (Pub. L. 109–304, § 4, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1487.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 112 ............. 46:2101(36). § 113. Undocumented In this title, the term ‘‘undocumented’’ means not having and not required to have a certificate of documentation issued under chapter 121 of this title. (Pub. L. 109–304, § 4, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1487.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 113 ............. 46:2101(41). The words ‘‘certificate of documentation’’ are sub- stituted for ‘‘document’’ for consistency with chapter 121. § 114. United States In this title, the term ‘‘United States’’, when used in a geographic sense, means the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Amer- ican Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States. (Pub. L. 109–304, § 4, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1487.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 114 ............. 46:2101(44). 46 App.:1244(g). June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title IX, § 905(g), 49 Stat. 2016; as added Pub. L. 96–453, § 3(b), Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2008. The language in 46 App. U.S.C. 1244(g) relating to the areas and installations in the Republic of Panama is omitted because those areas and installations were turned over to Panama by the end of 1999. § 115. Vessel In this title, the term ‘‘vessel’’ has the mean- ing given that term in section 3 of title 1. (Pub. L. 109–304, § 4, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1487.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 115 ............. 46:2101(45). § 116. Vessel of the United States In this title, the term ‘‘vessel of the United States’’ means a vessel documented under chap- ter 121 of this title (or exempt from documenta- tion under section 12102(c) of this title), num- bered under chapter 123 of this title, or titled under the law of a State.