46 USC 14101 - Definitions

U.S Code last checked for updates: Jan 18, 2025

§ 14101.

Definitions

In this part—

(1)

“Convention” means the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969.

(2)

“existing vessel” means a vessel the keel of which was laid or that was at a similar stage of construction before July 18, 1982.

(3)

“Great Lakes” means—

(A)

the Great Lakes; and

(B)

the St. Lawrence River west of—

(i)

a rhumb line drawn from Cap des Rosiers to West Point, Anticosti Island; and

(ii)

on the north side of Anticosti Island, the meridian of longitude 63 degrees west.

(4)

“vessel that engages on a foreign voyage” means a vessel—

(A)

that arrives at a place under the jurisdiction of the United States from a place in a foreign country;

(B)

that makes a voyage between places outside the United States;

(C)

that departs from a place under the jurisdiction of the United States for a place in a foreign country; or

(D)

that makes a voyage between a place within a territory or possession of the United States and another place under the jurisdiction of the United States not within that territory or possession.

(Pub. L. 99–509, title V, § 5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1919; Pub. L. 111–281, title III, § 303(a), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2923.)

cite as: 46 USC 14101