§ 288. Documented vessels

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. undated

   R.S. § 2793

   Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 288

   R.S. § 2793

   Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   R.S. § 2793

2. 1993

   North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

   Pub. L. 103–182 title VI § 686(a)(1) · 107 Stat. 2057

   1. Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 288

      Pub. L. 103–182 substituted “Documented vessels with a coastwise, Great Lakes endorsement,” for “Enrolled or licensed vessels engaged in the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States,”

   2. Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 288

      Pub. L. 103–182 substituted “foreign ports.” for “foreign ports; but such vessel shall, notwithstanding, be required to enter and clear; except that when such vessels are on such voyages on the Great Lakes and touch at foreign ports for the purpose of taking on bunker fuel only, they may be exempted from entering and clearing under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner of Customs may prescribe, notwithstanding any other provisions of law: Provided, That this exception shall not apply to such vessels if, while at such foreign port, they land or take on board any passengers, or any merchandise other than bunker fuel, receive orders, discharge any seamen by mutual consent, or engage any seamen to replace those discharged by mutual consent, or transact any other business save that of taking on bunker fuel.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–182 substituted “Documented vessels with a coastwise, Great Lakes endorsement,” for “Enrolled or licensed vessels engaged in the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States,” and “foreign ports.” for “foreign ports; but such vessel shall, notwithstanding, be required to enter and clear; except that when such vessels are on such voyages on the Great Lakes and touch at foreign ports for the purpose of taking on bunker fuel only, they may be exempted from entering and clearing under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner of Customs may prescribe, notwithstanding any other provisions of law: Provided, That this exception shall not apply to such vessels if, while at such foreign port, they land or take on board any passengers, or any merchandise other than bunker fuel, receive orders, discharge any seamen by mutual consent, or engage any seamen to replace those discharged by mutual consent, or transact any other business save that of taking on bunker fuel.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Section 2793 (19 U.S.C. 288, 46 U.S.C. App. 111, 123) is amended— (A) by striking out “Enrolled or licensed vessels engaged in the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States,” and inserting “Documented vessels with a coastwise, Great Lakes endorsement,”; and (B) by striking out the first semicolon and all the text that follows thereafter and inserting a period.

3. 1996

   Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996

   Pub. L. 104–324 title XI § 1115(b)(4) · 110 Stat. 3901

   1. Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 288

      Pub. L. 104–324 substituted “registry endorsement, engaged in foreign trade on the Great Lakes or their tributary or connecting waters in trade with Canada,” for “coastwise, Great Lakes endorsement, departing from or arriving at a port in one district to or from a port in another district, and also touching at intermediate foreign ports,”

   2. Struck · 19 U.S.C. § 288

      Pub. L. 104–324 struck out “, as if from or to foreign ports” before period at end

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 104–324 substituted “registry endorsement, engaged in foreign trade on the Great Lakes or their tributary or connecting waters in trade with Canada,” for “coastwise, Great Lakes endorsement, departing from or arriving at a port in one district to or from a port in another district, and also touching at intermediate foreign ports,” and struck out “, as if from or to foreign ports” before period at end.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (4) Section 2793 of the Revised Statutes of the United 19 USC 288. States (46 App. U.S.C. 111, 123) is amended— (A) by striking “coastwise, Great Lakes endorsement” and all that follows through “foreign ports,” and inserting “registry endorsement, engaged in foreign trade on the Great Lakes or their tributary or connecting waters in trade with Canada,”; and (B) by striking “, as if from or to foreign ports”.

4. 2006

   Pub. L. 109–304 § 14(a) · 120 Stat. 1485

   Struck · 19 U.S.C. § 288

   Pub. L. 109–304 amended R.S. § 2793 to strike out the words “or tonnage tax” which words had been omitted from this section for purposes of codification. See Codification note above

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 109–304 amended R.S. § 2793 to strike out the words “or tonnage tax” which words had been omitted from this section for purposes of codification. See Codification note above.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Section 2793 of the Revised Statutes (19 U.S.C. 288, 46 App. U.S.C. 111, 123) is amended by striking “or tonnage tax”.

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