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U.S. Code › Title 46 › Subtitle V › Part D › Chapter 551 › § 55109 46 U.S. Code § 55109 - Dredging
In General.— Except as provided in subsection (b), a vessel may engage in dredging in the navigable waters of the United States only if—
the vessel is wholly owned by citizens of the United States for purposes of engaging in the coastwise trade;
the charterer, if any, is a citizen of the United States for purposes of engaging in the coastwise trade; and
the vessel has been issued a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement under chapter 121 of this title or is exempt from documentation but would otherwise be eligible for such a certificate and endorsement.
Dredging of Gold in Alaska.— A documented vessel with a registry endorsement may engage in the dredging of gold in Alaska.
Penalty.— If a vessel is operated in knowing violation of this section, the vessel and its equipment are liable to seizure by and forfeiture to the United States Government.
(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c),Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1637.)
Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 55109
46 App.:292.
May 28, 1906, ch. 2566, § 1, 34 Stat. 204; Pub. L. 102–87, title V, § 5501(a)(1), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5084.
Subsection (a)(1) is substituted for “(1) the vessel meets the requirements of section 883 of this Appendix and sections 802 and 803 of this Appendix for engaging in the coastwise trade” for consistency with other sections of the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words. Section 883 requires (among other things) that the vessel be owned by citizens of the United States, and section 802 contains the requirements for certain entities to qualify as citizens. Those requirements are restated in section 50501 which applies to this section. Section 883 also requires that the vessel be built in and documented under the laws of the United States. Those latter two requirements are covered by subsection (a)(3). Note that the build requirement is a requirement for a coastwise endorsement.
In subsection (a)(3), the words “or is exempt from documentation but would otherwise be eligible for such a certificate and endorsement” are added for consistency with section 12102 as revised by the bill.
Pub. L. 109–304, § 19,Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1711, repealed section 1 of act May 28, 1906, ch. 2566, 34 Stat. 204 (section 292 of the former Appendix to this title, from which this section was derived), except as may be applicable under section 5501(a)(2) ofPub. L. 102–587, set out below.
Pub. L. 102–587, title V, § 5501(a)(2), (3),Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5084, as amended by Pub. L. 109–304, § 17(i),Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1709, provided that:
“(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending section 292 of the former Appendix to this title, from which this section was derived] does not apply to—
“(iii) owned or chartered by a corporation that had on file with the Secretary of Transportation, on August 1, 1989, the certificate specified in section 27A of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883–1) [now 46 U.S.C. 12118]; or
“(D) any other documented vessel engaged in dredging and time chartered to an entity that, on August 1, 1989, was, and has continuously remained, the parent of a corporation that had on file with the Secretary of Transportation on August 1, 1989, a certificate specified in section 27A of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883–1) [now 46 U.S.C. 12118] if the vessel is—
“(ii) engaged only in dredging associated with, and integral to, accomplishment of that parent’s regular business requirements.
“(3) The exceptions provided by paragraph (2) shall apply under section 55109 of title 46, United States Code, to the same extent as under former section 1 of the Act of May 28, 1906 [section 292 of the former Appendix to this title, from which this section was derived], as amended by paragraph (1).”