Federal · Title 46 — Shipping
46 U.S.C. § 60501: Vessels allowed to import
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a vessel of the United States; or in which the goods are grown, produced, or manufactured; or from which the goods can only be, or most usually are, first shipped for transportation. Subsection (a) does not apply to a vessel of a foreign country that does not maintain a similar restriction against United States documented vessels. is owned only by citizens of the United States; and after entering a port of the United States, becomes documented as a vessel of the United States before leaving that port. If goods are imported in violation of this section, the goods and the vessel in which they are imported, along with its equipment and other cargo, may be seized by and forfeited to the United States Government.
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