United States Code
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§ 14101.
Definitions
In this part—
(1)
“Convention” means the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969.
(2)
“existing vessel” means a vessel the keel of which was laid or that was at a similar stage of construction before July 18, 1982 .
(3)
“Great Lakes” means—
(A)
the Great Lakes; and
(B)
the St. Lawrence River west of—
(i)
a rhumb line drawn from Cap des Rosiers to West Point, Anticosti Island; and
(ii)
on the north side of Anticosti Island, the meridian of longitude 63 degrees west.
(4)
“vessel that engages on a foreign voyage” means a vessel—
(A)
that arrives at a place under the jurisdiction of the United States from a place in a foreign country;
(B)
that makes a voyage between places outside the United States;
(C)
that departs from a place under the jurisdiction of the United States for a place in a foreign country; or
(D)
that makes a voyage between a place within a territory or possession of the United States and another place under the jurisdiction of the United States not within that territory or possession.
(Pub. L. 99–509, title V, § 5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986 , 100 Stat. 1919; Pub. L. 111–281, title III, § 303(a), Oct. 15, 2010 , 124 Stat. 2923.)
cite as: 46 USC 14101
