46 U.S.C. § 14101: Definitions

“Convention” means the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969. “existing vessel” means a vessel the keel of which was laid or that was at a similar stage of construction before July 18, 1982 . the Great Lakes; and a rhumb line drawn from Cap des Rosiers to West Point, Anticosti Island; and on the north side of Anticosti Island, the meridian of longitude 63 degrees west. that arrives at a place under the jurisdiction of the United States from a place in a foreign country; that makes a voyage between places outside the United States; that departs from a place under the jurisdiction of the United States for a place in a foreign country; or 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.