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[USC02] 22 USC 1973: Reimbursement of owner for any direct charges paid to secure release of vessel and crew
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22 USC 1973: Reimbursement of owner for any direct charges paid to secure release of vessel and crew Text contains those laws in effect on August 2, 2020
§1973. Reimbursement of owner for any direct charges paid to secure release of vessel and crew
(a) Reimbursement by Secretary of State; "other direct charge" defined; source of reimbursement
In any case where a vessel of the United States is seized by a foreign country under the conditions of section 1972 of this title and a fine, license fee, registration fee, or any other direct charge must be paid in order to secure the prompt release of the vessel and crew, the owners of the vessel shall be reimbursed by the Secretary of State in the amount determined and certified by him as being the amount of the fine, license fee, registration fee, or any other direct charge actually paid. For purposes of this section, the term "other direct charge" means any levy, however characterized or computed (including, but not limited to, any computation based on the value of a vessel or the value of fish or other property on board a vessel), which is imposed in addition to any fine, license fee, or registration fee. Any reimbursement under this section shall be made from the Fishermen's Protective Fund established pursuant to section 1979 of this title.
(Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1018, §3, 68 Stat. 883 ; Pub. L. 90–482, §2, Aug. 12, 1968, 82 Stat. 730 ; Pub. L. 92–569, §2, Oct. 26, 1972, 86 Stat. 1182 ; Pub. L. 94–265, title IV, §403(a)(2), Apr. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 360 ; Pub. L. 98–364, title III, §302(a), July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 444 .)
1984-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–364, §302(a)(1), substituted "Secretary of State in the amount determined and certified by him" for "Secretary of the Treasury in the amount certified to him by the Secretary of State".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–364, §302(a)(2), inserted "determination and" before "certification" in first sentence, and substituted "State" for "the Treasury" in second and third sentences.
1976-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–265 inserted definition of "other direct charge".
1972-Pub. L. 92–569 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted provision that reimbursement under this section shall be made from the Fishermen's Protective Fund, and added subsec. (b).
1968-Pub. L. 90–482 inserted ", license fee, registration fee, or any other direct charge" after "fine" wherever appearing.
Pub. L. 94–265, title IV, §403(b), Apr. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 360 , provided in part that the amendment made by section 403(a)(2) of Pub. L. 94–265 to this section was to apply with respect to seizures of vessels of the United States occurring on or after Dec. 31, 1974, prior to the general amendment of title IV of Pub. L. 94–265 by Pub. L. 104–297.