Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/46/55101?quicktabs_8=0
Timestamp: 2015-01-29 11:05:57
Document Index: 604041192

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 55101', '§ 8', '§ 3527', '§ 21', '§ 12', '§ 1', '§ 9', '§ 101']

46 U.S. Code § 55101 - Application of coastwise laws | LII / Legal Information Institute
In General.— Except as provided in subsection (b), the coastwise laws apply to the United States, including the island territories and possessions of the United States.
Exceptions.— The coastwise laws do not apply to—
(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c),Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1632; Pub. L. 110–181, div. C, title XXXV, § 3527(a),Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 602.)
Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 55101(a)
June 5, 1920, ch. 250, § 21, 41 Stat. 997; Apr. 16, 1936, ch. 228, 49 Stat. 1207; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(47), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 157.
Pub. L. 94–241, § 1, Mar. 24, 1976, 90 Stat. 263; Pub. L. 98–213, § 9, Dec. 8, 1983, 97 Stat. 1461; Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(d) [title I], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–196.
Section 502(b) of the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is contained in section 1 ofPub. L. 94–241, set out as a note under section 1801 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
2008—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–181inserted “or” after semicolon at end of par. (2), redesignated par. (4) as (3), and struck out former par. (3) which read as follows: “Canton Island until the President declares by proclamation that the coastwise laws apply to Canton Island; or”.