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- § 101. Agency
- § 102. Barge
- § 103. Boundary Line
- § 104. Citizen of the United States
- § 105. Consular officer
- § 106. Documented vessel
- § 107. Exclusive economic zone
- § 108. Fisheries
- § 109. Foreign commerce or trade
- § 110. Foreign vessel
- § 111. Numbered vessel
- § 112. State
- § 113. Undocumented
- § 114. United States
- § 115. Vessel
- § 116. Vessel of the United States
In this title, the term “agency” means a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government.
In this title, the term “barge” means a non-self-propelled vessel.
In this title, the term “Boundary Line” means a line established under section 2(b) of the Act of February 19, 1895 (33 U.S.C. 151(b)).
In this title, the term “citizen of the United States”, when used in reference to a natural person, means an individual who is a national of the United States as defined in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)).
In this title, the term “consular officer” means an officer or employee of the United States Government designated under regulations to issue visas.
In this title, the term “documented vessel” means a vessel for which a certificate of documentation has been issued under chapter 121 of this title.
In this title, the term “exclusive economic zone” means the zone established by Presidential Proclamation 5030 of March 10, 1983 (16 U.S.C. 1453 note).
In this title, the term “fisheries” includes processing, storing, transporting (except in foreign commerce), planting, cultivating, catching, taking, or harvesting fish, shellfish, marine animals, pearls, shells, or marine vegetation in the navigable waters of the United States or in the exclusive economic zone.
In this title, the term “foreign vessel” means a vessel of foreign registry or operated under the authority of a foreign country.
In this title, the term “numbered vessel” means a vessel for which a number has been issued under chapter 123 of this title.
In this title, the term “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
In this title, the term “undocumented” means not having and not required to have a certificate of documentation issued under chapter 121 of this title.
In this title, the term “United States”, when used in a geographic sense, means the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
In this title, the term “vessel” has the meaning given that term in section 3 of title 1.
In this title, the term “vessel of the United States” means a vessel documented under chapter 121 of this title (or exempt from documentation under section 12102(c) of this title), numbered under chapter 123 of this title, or titled under the law of a State.