Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/46a/251
Timestamp: 2013-12-21 08:08:15
Document Index: 689238297

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 4311', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 126', '§ 8', '§ 4311', '§ 1']

46a USC Rule - Vessels employed in coasting trade or fisheries | LII / Legal Information Institute
46a USC Rule - Vessels employed in coasting trade or fisheries
(R.S. § 4311; Sept. 2, 1950, ch. 842, 64 Stat. 577; Pub. L. 87–220, § 1,Sept. 13, 1961, 75 Stat. 493; Pub. L. 96–61, § 2,Aug. 15, 1979, 93 Stat. 407; Pub. L. 96–594, title I, § 126(b),Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3459; Pub. L. 100–239, § 8(a),Jan. 11, 1988, 101 Stat. 1783.)
R.S. § 4311 derived from acts Feb. 18, 1793, ch. 8, § 1,1 Stat. 305; Apr. 18, 1874, ch. 110, 18 Stat. 31.
1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–239inserted at end “The Secretary of Commerce may issue any regulations that the Secretary considers necessary to obtain information on the transportation of fish products by vessels of the United States for foreign fish processing vessels to points in the United States.”
1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–594struck out provisions relating to vessels entitled to privileges of vessels employed in coasting trade or fisheries, and provisions defining “fisheries”.
1979—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–61inserted provision defining “fisheries”.
1961—Pub. L. 87–220designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), and added subsecs. (b) and (c).
Provisions of this section prohibiting the landing of fish in United States ports by foreign-flag vessels direct from fishing grounds unaffected by Pub. L. 87–814, see section 6 ofPub. L. 87–814, set out as a note under section 951 of Title 16, Conservation.