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| U.S.        Department

of Transportation

**Maritime**

**Administration**

 

 

 

**Compilation**

**of**

**Maritime**

**Laws**

 

**January, 2003**

  
**TABLE    OF CONTENTS**
**Preface
  **MERCHANT MARINE ACT, 1936**HTMLPDF**Title I.  Declaration of Policy**HTMLPDF**Title II. Creation and Functions of        Maritime Agencies**HTMLPDF**Title III. American Seamen**HTMLPDF**Title V. Construction-Differential        Subsidy**HTMLPDF
**Title        VI. Vessel Operating Assistance Programs**

Subtitle A.        Operating-Differential Subsidy ProgramHTMLPDFSubtitle B. Maritime Security Fleet ProgramHTMLPDF**Title VII. Private Charter Operation**HTMLPDF**Title VIII. Contract Provisions**HTMLPDF**Title IX. Miscellaneous Provisions**HTMLPDF**Title XI. Federal Ship Financing        Guarantee Program**  Marad Program   Certain Fisheries Provisions   Restrictions on Title XI ProgramHTMLPDF**Title XII. War Risk Insurance**  DOD Indemnification of Marad. (10 U.S.C. 2645)HTMLPDFTitle XIII. Maritime Education and TrainingHTMLPDF**CARGO RESERVATION**  Military Cargo Preference Act of 1904  Public Resolution 17  Cargo Preference Act of 1954 (Public Law 664 -        83d Congress)  Food Security Act of 1985  Export of Alaskan North Slope Oil  Cargo Preference Penalties for Substandard        Vessel Operations  Discharge of Agricultural Cargo ResidueHTMLPDF**SHIPPING ACT, 1916**  Section 2. Citizenship  Provision that affect Section 2. Citizenship  Section 9. Foreign Transfer  Section 37. Foreign TransferHTMLPDF**CROSS-BORDER FINANCING**  Section 1113(d)   Section 1136(c) Trust Charters  Section 1136(d) Indirect Vessel OwnersHTMLPDF**DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS**HTMLPDF**MANNING OF VESSELS**HTMLPDF**AMERICAN FISHERIES ACT**  VESSELS EMPLOYED IN COASTING TRADE &        FISHERIESHTMLPDF**MERCHANT MARINE ACT, 1920**  Section 27-Jones Act - Transportation of        Merchandise  Section 33-Jones Act - Recovery for Injury to        or Death of SeamanHTMLPDF**CABOTAGE**  Jones Act - Transportation of Merchandise  Transportation of Passengers  Coastwise Trade Vessel Requirement  Bowaters Amendment  Puerto Rico Passenger Ship Act  Dredging Vessels  Foreign Vessels in U.S. Ports  Vessel Escort Operation and Towing Assistance  Wrecked Vessels Act  Oil Spill Response Vessels  LNG Vessel Puerto Rico Trade  Sailing School Vessel  Miscellaneous ProvisionsHTMLPDF**ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS FOR SMALL PASSENGER        VESSEL JONES ACT WAIVERS**HTMLPDF**WAIVER OF NAVIGATION AND VESSEL INSPECTION        LAWS**HTMLPDF**STATUTORY WAIVERS OF THE JONES ACT**  Vessel COASTAL VENTURE Section 202 of Public        Law 107-295  Waiver For 27 Vessels. Section 207(a) of        Public Law 107-295.  Eligibility for Administrative Waivers-4        vessels. Section 207(b) of Public Law 107-295  Waiver for the FOILCAT. Section 207(d) of        Public Law 107-295  Waiver for 3 fireworks barges. Section of        Public Law 107-295  Waiver for the dredge EAGLE. Section 210 of        Public Law 107-295  Exemption for launch barges. Section 213 of        Public Law 107-295  Exception for 3 foreign-built tankers. Section        214 of Public Law 107-295HTMLPDF**MERCHANT SHIP SALES ACT OF 1946**HTMLPDF**NATIONAL DEFENSE RESERVE FLEET/READY        RESERVE FORCE**  Basic Authority  Certain Laws Affecting the National Defense        Reserve Fleet  Disposal of Certain NDRF Vessels (Baymon,        Benjamin Isherwood, Henry Eckford, Lorain County, Hattiesburg Victory, SPHINX)  Vessel M&R Pilot Program  Conveyance of Equipment  Double Hull Exemption  Existing Tank Vessel ResearchHTMLPDF**VESSEL OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND**HTMLPDF**VESSEL SCRAPPING**  National Maritime Heritage Act  Scrapping of NDRF Vessels  Navy Pilot Scrapping Program  Navy Ship Disposal Project  Navy/Marad Scrapping Program  Pilot Program on Export of obsolete Vessels        for ScrappingHTMLPDF**ARTIFICIAL REEF PROGRAM**  Chapter 25B of Title 16, United States Code  Financial Assistance to State to Prepare        Transferred Vessel   Environmental Best Management Practices for        Preparing VesselsHTMLPDF**MERCHANT MARINE ACT, 1928**HTMLPDF**SHIPPING ACT OF 1984**HTMLPDF**FOREIGN SHIPPING PRACTICES ACT**HTMLPDF**TITLE 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND        WORKS**  Definition of Property  Application to the Federal Property and        Administrative Services Act  Authority of the Maritime Administration        Unimpaired  Maritime Administration Disposal of Surplus        Vessel  Port Facility Development Property  Disposal of Dredge Vessels  Donation of Forfeited Vessels  Disposition of Abandoned or Forfeited Personal        Property  Waivers for Certain ContractsHTMLPDF**MILITARY PROGRAMS**  Fast Sealift Program  Procurement of Ships for the Fast Sealift        Program  Consideration of Vessel Location for Award of        Layberth ContractsHTMLPDF**National Defense Sealift Fund**  National Defense Fund  DOD National Defense Features  DOD Sealift Vessel  National Defense Sealift Fund Funding FY 2003  NDSF Appropriations  NDSF AuthorizationsHTMLPDF**DOD Lease Authority**  Long Term Lease for Double Hull Tankers, etc  Auxiliary Vessels, Extended Lease  General ProvisionsHTMLPDF**DOD Export Loan Guarantee Program**  Loan GuaranteesHTMLPDF**DOD Miscellaneous**  Funds for Navy Shipbuilding and Conversion   Transportation of Humanitarian Aid  Motor Vehicle Transportation  Vessel Transfer Between Departments  Transfer Naval Vessels to Certain Foreign        Countries  Competition between DOD and Private Firms  Medical Supplies to Samoa HTMLPDF**UNITED STATES COMMERCIAL SHIPYARDS**  National Shipbuilding Initiative  Shipyard Revitalization  Shipbuilding Capability Preservation  Manufacturing Extension Program  ADC(X) Ship Program  Analysis of Certain Shipbuilding Programs  Foreign Shipyard Crane  Sale of Navy Nuclear Articles to Private        Shipyards  Navy Vessel Maintenance  Combatant Vessels for U.S. Allies  Sale of Navy Drydock AFDL-47  Sale of Navy Drydock YFD-69HTMLPDF**MARITIME ADMINISTRATION FUNDING**  Authorized FY2003  Appropriated FY2003HTMLPDF**MARITIME LIABILITY**  Chapter 301. General  Chapter 313. Commercial Instruments and        Maritime Liens  Subchapter I - General  Subchapter II - Commercial Instruments  Subchapter III - Maritime LiensHTMLPDF**TITLE 49, SUBTITLE IV - INTERSTATE WATER**  CARRIER TRANSPORTATION  ADMIRALTY/MARITIME JURISDICTION  Extension of Admiralty Jurisdiction  Suits in Admiralty ActHTMLPDF**AMERICAN GREAT LAKES VESSELS**  CIVIL PROCEDURES  Civil Penalty Procedures  Hobbs ActHTMLPDF**DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT**HTMLPDF**DOUBLE HULL TANKERS**HTMLPDF**EMERGENCY FOREIGN VESSELS ACQUISITION ACT**HTMLPDF**GAMBLING**  Gambling Ships  Johnson Act  Merchant Mariners Documents/Gambling VesselsHTMLPDF**MARITIME MISCELLANEOUS**  General Definition of Vessel  Merchant Marine Decorations and Medals Act  Merchant Mariner Burial and Cemetery Benefits  MSC Drug Tests  National Maritime Museum  Customs Duty on Vessel Equipment and Repairs  National Maritime Enhancement Institute  Maritime Research and Technology Development  Donation of Forfeited Vessels  Inspection Exception for VICTORY ships  American Merchant Marine Memorial Wall  Inventory of Submarine Cable Vessels  Icebreaking ServicesHTMLPDF**NATIONAL EMERGENCIES ACT**HTMLPDF**PASSENGER/CRUISE VESSELS**  Hawaii Cruise Trade  Financial Responsibility  Limitation of Vessel Owner's Liability  Tax Deduction for Convention on Cruise ShipsHTMLPDF**PUBLIC VESSELS ACT**HTMLPDF**SECURITY MATTERS**  Passenger Manifests  Transportation Security Administration  Port Security  Extension of Territorial Jurisdiction  Marad Revision of Port Security Planning Guide  Port and Waterways Safety Act Amendment  Assignment of Coast Guard & Merchant        Marine Personnel as Sea Marshals  Maritime Security Professional Training at        Maritime Schools  Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002  Homeland Security Act of 2002HTMLPDF**APPENDIX- Certain Laws of the 107th        Congress - 2d Session**
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