Public Law 87–157

That section 4166 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C, 1958 edition, title 46, sec. 35) is amended to read as follows:

“A vessel of the United States which, while outside the limits of a customs collection district of the United States and not in any port designated as a port of documentation outside any such customs collection district, is sold or transferred in whole or in part to a citizen of the United States, may be documented anew as a vessel of the United States in such manner and upon such conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That, if any vessel so sold or transferred is not redocumented while abroad, it shall nevertheless be entitled to all the privileges and benefits of a vessel of the United States up to and for the purpose of its first arrival thereafter within a customs collection district or within a designated port of documentation outside any such customs collection district.”