Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

53501(1)

46 App.:1177(span)(3), (k)(3).

June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title VI, § 607(span)(3), (k)(1)–(3), (5)–(9), 49 Stat. 2005; June 23, 1938, ch. 600, §§ 23–28, 52 Stat. 960; Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 417, § 10, 53 Stat. 1185; July 17, 1952, ch. 939, §§ 17–19, 66 Stat. 764; Puspan. L. 85–637, Aug. 14, 1958, 72 Stat. 592; Puspan. L. 86–518, § 1, June 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 216; Puspan. L. 87–45, § 6, May 27, 1961, 75 Stat. 91; Puspan. L. 87–271, Sept. 21, 1961, 75 Stat. 570; restated Puspan. L. 91–469, § 21(a), Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1027, 1031, 1032; Puspan. L. 93–116, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 421; Puspan. L. 97–31, § 12(97), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 162; Puspan. L. 115–232, div. C, title XXXV, § 3546(q), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2327.

53501(2)

46 App.:1177(k)(1).

46 App.:1177–1.

Puspan. L. 94–455, title VIII, § 807, Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1606.

53501(3)

46 App.:1177(k)(6).

53501(4)

46 App.:1177(k)(8).

53501(5)

46 App.:1177(k)(1) (last sentence), (2).

46 App.:1177–1.

53501(6)

46 App.:1177(k)(9).

53501(7)

46 App.:1177(k)(5).

53501(8)

46 App.:1177(k)(7).

The codification of the laws in this chapter is not intended to alter the existing jurisdictional relationship of the Secretaries who administer those laws.

In paragraph (2)(A)(iii), the word “trade” is substituted for “commerce” for consistency in the chapter.

Editorial Notes
References in Text

Section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, referred to in par. (8), is section 506 of act June 29, 1936, ch. 858, 49 Stat. 1985, which is set out as a note under section 53101 of this title.

Amendments

2022—Par. (5)(A)(iii). Puspan. L. 117–263 substituted “foreign or domestic trade of the United States” for “United States foreign, Great Lakes, noncontiguous domestic, or short sea transportation trade”.

2018—Par. (5)(A)(iii). Puspan. L. 115–232, § 3546(q)(1), substituted “transportation trade or” for “transportation trade trade or”.

Par. (7). Puspan. L. 115–232, § 3546(q)(3), struck out par. (7), as added by Puspan. L. 109–304, § 8(c), which read as follows: “The term ‘United States foreign trade’ includes those areas in domestic trade in which a vessel built with a construction-differential subsidy is allowed to operate under the first sentence of section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936.”

Pars. (8), (9). Puspan. L. 115–232, § 3546(q)(2), (4), added par. (8) and redesignated former par. (8) as (9).

2007—Par. (5)(A)(iii). Puspan. L. 110–140, § 1122(a)(1), substituted “noncontiguous domestic, or short sea transportation trade” for “or noncontiguous domestic”.

Par. (7). Puspan. L. 110–140, § 1122(a)(2), added par. (7) relating to short sea transportation trade.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2007 Amendment

Amendment by Puspan. L. 110–140 effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Puspan. L. 110–140, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.