United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 46. SHIPPING |
SubTitle II. Vessels and Seamen |
Part H. Identification of Vessels |
Chapter 121. DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS |
SubChapter III. MISCELLANEOUS |
§ 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; or (B) an alternate tonnage as measured under section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of this title. (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.
Historical And Revision
Historical and Revision Notes | ||
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Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
12139(a) | 46:12120. | |
12139(b) | 46 App.:883a (1st sentence). | July 14, 1956, ch. 600, § 2 (1st sentence), 70 Stat. 544; Pub. L. 86–583, § 2, July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 321; Pub. L. 104–324, title VII, § 707, Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3934. |
In subsection (b)(1), the word “Secretary” is substituted for “Secretary of the Treasury”, thereby incorporating the definition of “Secretary” in section 2101 of title 46. The functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating to the Coast Guard previously were transferred to the Secretary of Transportation by section 6(b) of the Department of Transportation Act (Pub. L. 89–670,
Amendments
2008—Pub. L. 110–181, § 3525(b), repealed Pub. L. 109–241, § 308. See 2006 Amendment note below.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–181, § 3525(a)(2), incorporated the substance of the amendment by Pub. L. 109–241, § 308, into this section by substituting “charterers, and mortgagees” for “and charterers”. See 2006 Amendment note below and section 18(a) of Pub. L. 109–304, set out as a Legislative Purpose and Construction note preceding section 101 of this title.
2006—Pub. L. 109–241, § 308, which directed the amendment of former section 12120 of this title from which subsec. (a) of this section was derived, was repealed by Pub. L. 110–181, § 3525(b). See 2008 Amendment note for subsec. (a) and Historical and Revision notes above.