Title 46 — Shipping
Part B · Chapter 37 — Carriage of Liquid Bulk Dangerous Cargoes
§ 3704. Coastwise trade vessels
Statutory text
A segregated ballast tank, a crude oil washing system, or an inert gas system, required by this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter, on a vessel entitled to engage in the coastwise trade under chapter 551 of this title shall be installed in the United States (except the trust territories). A vessel failing to comply with this section may not engage in the coastwise trade.
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.
Pub. L. 98–89 · 97 Stat. 500
Enacted · 46 U.S.C. § 3704
Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 522
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 522Pub. L. 109–304 § 15(16) · 120 Stat. 1485
Substituted · 46 U.S.C. § 3704
Pub. L. 109–304 substituted “chapter 551 of this title” for “section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883),”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 109–304 substituted “chapter 551 of this title” for “section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883),”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(16) In section 3704, strike “section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883),” and substitute “chapter 551 of this title”.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | |
|---|---|
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 3704 | 46:391a(7) |
Section 3704 requires any tank vessel that is entitled to engage in the coastwise trade to install certain equipment in the United States under the penalty of losing coastwise trading privileges if the installation work is done in a foreign country.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2006—Pub. L. 109–304 substituted “chapter 551 of this title” for “section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883),”.
Credits
1983–2006 · 2 acts
- 1983Pub. L. 98–89, , 97 Stat. 522
- 2006Pub. L. 109–304, § 15(16), , 120 Stat. 1703.
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(Pub. L. 98–89, , 97 Stat. 522; Pub. L. 109–304, § 15(16), , 120 Stat. 1703.)