Federal

Title 46 — Shipping

1,032 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 53111 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 53201 — Definitions
• § 53202 — Establishment of the Cable Security Fleet
• § 53203 — Award of operating agreements
• § 53204 — Effectiveness of operating agreements
• § 53205 — Obligations and rights under operating agreements
• § 53206 — Payments
• § 53207 — National security requirements
• § 53208 — Regulatory relief
• § 53209 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 53301 — Definitions
• § 53302 — Authority for construction reserve funds
• § 53303 — Persons eligible to establish funds
• § 53304 — Vessel ownership
• § 53305 — Eligible fund deposits
• § 53306 — Recognition of gain for tax purposes
• § 53307 — Basis for determining gain or loss and for depreciating new vessels
• § 53308 — Order and proportions of deposits and withdrawals
• § 53309 — Accumulation of deposits
• § 53310 — Obligation of deposits and period for construction of certain vessels
• § 53311 — Taxation of deposits on failure of conditions
• § 53312 — Assessment and collection of deficiency tax
• § 53401 — Definitions
• § 53402 — Establishment of the Tanker Security Fleet
• § 53403 — Award of operating agreements
• § 53404 — Effectiveness of operating agreements
• § 53405 — Obligations and rights under operating agreements
• § 53406 — Payments
• § 53407 — National security requirements
• § 53408 — Regulatory relief
• § 53409 — Special rule regarding age of participating Fleet vessels
• § 53410 — Regulations
• § 53411 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 53412 — Acquisition of Fleet vessels
• § 53501 — Definitions
• § 53502 — Regulations
• § 53503 — Establishing a capital construction fund
• § 53504 — Deposits and withdrawals
• § 53505 — Ceiling on deposits
• § 53506 — Investment and fiduciary requirements
• § 53507 — Nontaxation of deposits
• § 53508 — Separate accounts within a fund
• § 53509 — Qualified withdrawals
• § 53510 — Tax treatment of qualified withdrawals and basis of property
• § 53511 — Tax treatment of nonqualified withdrawals
• § 53512 — FIFO and LIFO withdrawals
• § 53513 — Corporate reorganizations and partnership changes
• § 53514 — Relationship of old fund to new fund
• § 53515 — Records and reports
• § 53516 — Termination of agreement after change in regulations
• § 53517 — Reports
• § 53701 — Definitions
• § 53702 — General authority
• § 53703 — Application and administration
• § 53704 — Funding limits
• § 53705 — Pledge of United States Government
• § 53706 — Eligible purposes of obligations
• § 53707 — Findings related to obligors and operators
• § 53708 — Findings related to economic soundness
• § 53709 — Amount of obligations
• § 53710 — Contents of obligations
• § 53711 — Security interest
• § 53712 — Monitoring financial condition and operations of obligor
• § 53713 — Administrative fees
• § 53714 — Guarantee fees
• § 53715 — Escrow fund
• § 53716 — Deposit fund
• § 53717 — Management of funds in the Treasury
• § 53718 — Annual report to Congress
• § 53719 — Best practices
• § 53721 — Rights of obligee
• § 53722 — Actions by Secretary or Administrator
• § 53723 — Payments by Secretary or Administrator and issuance of obligations
• § 53724 — Rights to secured property
• § 53725 — Actions against obligor
• § 53731 — Commercial demonstration ocean thermal energy conversion facilities and plantships
• § 53732 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–92, div. C, title XXXV, § 3506(i)(2) , Dec. 20, 2019 , 133 Stat. 1974 ]
• § 53733 — Shipyard modernization and improvement
• § 53734 — Replacement of vessels because of changes in operating standards
• § 53735 — Fisheries financing and capacity reduction
• § 53901 — Definitions
• § 53902 — Authority to provide insurance
• § 53903 — Insurable interests
• § 53904 — Liability insurance for persons involved in war or defense efforts
• § 53905 — Agency insurance
• § 53906 — Hull insurance valuation
• § 53907 — Reinsurance
• § 53908 — Additional insurance privately obtained
• § 53909 — War risk insurance revolving fund
• § 53910 — Administrative
• § 53911 — Civil actions for losses
• § 53912 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–232, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(a) , Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 2308 ]
• § 54101 — Assistance for small shipyards
• § 54102 — Renumbered § 51706]
• § 54301 — Port infrastructure development program
• § 55101 — Application of coastwise laws
• § 55102 — Transportation of merchandise
• § 55103 — Transportation of passengers
• § 55104 — Transportation of passengers between Puerto Rico and other ports in the United States
• § 55105 — Transportation of hazardous waste
• § 55106 — Merchandise transferred between barges
• § 55107 — Empty cargo containers and barges
• § 55108 — Platform jackets
• § 55109 — Dredging
• § 55110 — Transportation of valueless material or dredged material
• § 55111 — Towing
• § 55112 — Vessel escort operations and towing assistance
• § 55113 — Use of foreign documented oil spill response vessels
• § 55114 — Unloading fish from foreign vessels
• § 55115 — Supplies on fish processing vessels
• § 55116 — Canadian rail lines
• § 55117 — Great Lakes rail route
• § 55118 — Foreign railroads whose road enters by ferry, tugboat, or towboat
• § 55119 — Yukon River
• § 55120 — Transshipment of imported merchandise intended for immediate exportation
• § 55121 — Transportation of merchandise and passengers on Canadian vessels
• § 55122 — Floating dry docks
• § 55123 — Priority loading for coal
• § 55301 — Report on administration of programs by other Federal departments and agencies
• § 55302 — Transportation of United States Government personnel
• § 55303 — Motor vehicles owned by United States Government personnel
• § 55304 — Exports financed by the United States Government
• § 55305 — Cargoes procured, furnished, or financed by the United States Government
• § 55311 — Findings and purposes
• § 55312 — Determining prevailing world market price
• § 55313 — Exemption of certain agricultural exports from cargo preference provisions
• § 55314 — Transportation requirements for certain exports sponsored by the Secretary of Agriculture
• § 55315 — Minimum tonnage
• § 55316, 55317 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–67, div. A, title VI, § 602(a) , Dec. 26, 2013 , 127 Stat. 1188 ]
• § 55318 — Effect on other law
• § 55331 — Definitions
• § 55332 — Designating American Great Lakes vessels
• § 55333 — Exemption from restriction on transporting certain cargo
• § 55334 — Restrictions on operations
• § 55335 — Revocations and terminations of designations
• § 55336 — Civil penalty
• § 55501, 55502 — Renumbered §§ 50401, 50402]
• § 55601 — United States marine highway program
• § 55602 — Cargo and shippers
• § 55603 — Multistate, State, Tribal, and regional transportation planning
• § 55604 — Research on marine highway transportation
• § 55605 — Definitions
• § 56101 — Approval required to transfer vessel to noncitizen
• § 56102 — Additional controls during war or national emergency
• § 56103 — Conditional approvals
• § 56104 — Penalty for false statements
• § 56105 — Forfeiture procedure
• § 56301 — General authority
• § 56302 — Charter terms
• § 56303 — Compensation
• § 56304 — Disputed compensation
• § 56305 — Vessel encumbrances
• § 56306 — Use and transfer of vessels
• § 56307 — Return of vessels
• § 56308 — Transfer of substitute vessels
• § 56309 — Emergency foreign vessel acquisition; purchase or requisition of vessels lying idle in United States waters
• § 56310 — Voluntary purchase or charter agreements
• § 56311 — Requisitioned vessels
• § 56312 — Documented defined
• § 56501 — Definition
• § 56502 — Adjusting obligations and arranging maintenance
• § 56503 — Types of adjustments and arrangements
• § 56504 — Changes in adjustments and arrangements
• § 57100 — National Defense Reserve Fleet
• § 57101 — Placement of vessels in National Defense Reserve Fleet
• § 57102 — Disposition of vessels
• § 57103 — Donation of vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
• § 57104 — Acquisition of vessels from sale of obsolete vessels
• § 57105 — Acquisition of vessels for essential services, routes, or lines
• § 57106 — Maintenance, improvement, and operation of vessels
• § 57107 — Vessels for other agencies
• § 57108 — Consideration of ballast and equipment in determining selling price
• § 57109 — Operation of vessels purchased, chartered, or leased from Secretary of Transportation
• § 57110 — Salvage recoveries for subrogated ownership of vessels and cargoes
• § 57111 — Definition of obsolete vessel
• § 57112 — Requirements for purchasing federally auctioned vessels
• § 57301 — Definitions
• § 57302 — Authority to acquire vessels
• § 57303 — Utility value and tonnage requirements
• § 57304 — Eligible acquisition dates
• § 57305 — Determination of trade-in allowance
• § 57306 — Payment of trade-in allowance
• § 57307 — Recognition of gain for tax purposes
• § 57308 — Use of vessels at least 25 years old
• § 57501 — Completion of long-range program
• § 57502 — Construction, reconditioning, and remodeling of vessels
• § 57503 — Competitive bidding
• § 57504 — Charter or sale of vessels acquired by Department of Transportation
• § 57505 — Employment of vessels on foreign trade routes
• § 57506 — Minimum selling price of vessels
• § 57511 — Demise charters
• § 57512 — Competitive bidding
• § 57513 — Minimum bid
• § 57514 — Qualifications of bidders
• § 57515 — Awarding of charters
• § 57516 — Operating-differential subsidies
• § 57517 — Recovery of excess profits
• § 57518 — Performance bond
• § 57519 — Insurance
• § 57520 — Vessel maintenance