Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode46a/usc_sec_46a_00000808----000-notes.html
Timestamp: 2018-05-22 08:32:56
Document Index: 10322811

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 808', '§ 9', '§ 3', '§ 18', '§ 12', '§ 204', '§ 904', '§ 42', '§ 1', '§ 12', '§ 104', '§ 304', '§ 6', '§ 1113', '§ 205', '§ 3532', '§ 3532', '§ 3532', '§ 1113']

TITLE 46, APPENDIX App. > CHAPTER 23 > § 808
(Sept. 7, 1916, ch. 451, § 9, 39 Stat. 730; July 15, 1918, ch. 152, § 3, 40 Stat. 900; June 5, 1920, ch. 250, § 18, 41 Stat. 994; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 12, eff. June 10, 1933; June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, § 204, title IX, § 904, 49 Stat. 1987, 2016; June 23, 1938, ch. 600, § 42, 52 Stat. 964; Pub. L. 89–346, § 1, Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1305; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(26), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 155; Pub. L. 100–710, title I, § 104(b), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4750; Pub. L. 101–225, title III, §§ 304(a), 307 (3), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1924, 1925; Pub. L. 104–239, § 6, Oct. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 3132; Pub. L. 104–324, title XI, §§ 1113(c), (e), 1136 (b), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3970, 3971, 3987; Pub. L. 107–295, title II, § 205(d), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2096; Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXV, § 3532(a), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1817.)
Pub. L. 108–136, § 3532(a)(1), redesignated subsec. (e), relating to approval of certain vessel transactions before documentation of vessel, as (f).
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 108–136, § 3532(a)(1), redesignated subsec. (e), relating to approval of certain vessel transactions before documentation of vessel, as (f).
2002—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–295, in introductory provisions, substituted “Except as provided in section 1181 of this Appendix and in section 12106 (e) of title 46,” for “Except as provided in section 1181 of this Appendix and sections 12106 (e), 31322 (a)(1)(D), and 12106 (e) of title 46,”.
1996—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–324, § 1113(e), substituted “sections 12106 (e), 31322 (a)(1)(D),” for “sections 31322 (a)(1)(D)” in introductory provisions.
Pub. L. 104–239 added subsec. (e) relating to conditions for placing vessel under foreign registry without approval of Secretary.
1981—Pub. L. 97–31 substituted “Secretary of Transportation” for “United States Maritime Commission”, “Commission”, and “Secretary of Commerce” wherever appearing. For prior transfers of functions, see Transfer of Functions note below.
1965—Pub. L. 89–346 made it unlawful to issue, transfer, or assign a bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness which is secured by a mortgage of a vessel to a trustee or by an assignment to a trustee of the owner’s right, title, or interest in a vessel under construction, to a person not a citizen of the United States, without the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, unless the trustee or a substitute trustee of such mortgage or assignment is approved by the Secretary of Commerce, required the Secretary to grant his approval if such trustee or substitute trustee is a bank or trust company which meets certain specified qualifications and to disapprove such trustee or substitute trustee if at any time he ceases to meet such qualifications, made it unlawful to transfer or assign such bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness to a person not a citizen of the United States, without the approval of the Secretary, after such disapproval, prohibited the trustee or substitute trustee approved by the Secretary to operate the vessel under the mortgage or assignment without approval of the Secretary, and voided the issuance, transfer, or assignments of bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness if issued, transferred, or assigned to a person not a citizen of United States in violation of this section.
Amendment by Pub. L. 108–136 effective Oct. 1, 2004, see section 3537(a) of Pub. L. 108–136, set out in an Effective Date note under section 53101 of Title 46, Shipping.
Amendment by Pub. L. 107–295 effective Jan. 1, 2003, see section 205(e) of Pub. L. 107–295, set out as a note under section 12111 of Title 46, Shipping.
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–710 effective Jan. 1, 1989, with certain exceptions and qualifications, and not applicable to any change in control resulting from, or which may at any time result from, any proposed plan of reorganization filed under United States bankruptcy laws prior to Nov. 23, 1988, except that transactions undertaken as a result of such plan shall continue to be governed by this section as it existed prior to Nov. 23, 1988, to the extent that this section would have governed such transactions, see section 107 of Pub. L. 100–710, set out as an Effective Date note under section 30101 of Title 46, Shipping.
Section 4 of Pub. L. 89–346 provided that: “Bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness which are secured by a mortgage of a vessel to a trustee or by an assignment to a trustee of the owner’s right, title, or interest in a vessel under construction which have heretofore been issued, transferred, or assigned, or are issued, transferred, or assigned within one year after the enactment of this Act [Nov. 8, 1965], to a person not a citizen of the United States without the approval of the Secretary of Commerce are valid in the hands of such person and the validity and preferred status of such mortgage and the validity and lawfulness of such issuance, transfer, or assignment shall not be affected by such issuance, transfer, or assignment if the trustee or a substitute trustee is approved by the Secretary of Commerce within one year after enactment of this Act [Nov. 8, 1965], under the standards for trustees specified in the amendments made by this Act to sections 9 and 37 of the Shipping Act, 1916 [sections 808 and 835 of this Appendix], and to subsection O of the Ship Mortgage Act, 1920 [section 961 of this Appendix].