46 USC 56101 - Approval required to transfer vessel to noncitizen

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised Section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
56101(a)	46 App.:808(c).	Sept. 7, 1916, ch. 451, § 9(c), (d), 39 Stat. 730; July 15, 1918, ch. 152, § 3, 40 Stat. 900; June 5, 1920, ch. 250, § 18, 41 Stat. 994; Exec. Order 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; Puspan. L. 89–346, § 1, Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1305; Puspan. L. 97–31, § 12(26), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 155; Puspan. L. 100–710, title I, § 104(span)(3), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4750; Puspan. L. 101–225, title III, § 304(a), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1924; Puspan. L. 104–324, title XI, [§]1113(c), (e), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3970, 3971; Puspan. L. 107–295, title II, § 205(d), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2096.
	46 App.:808a.	Puspan. L. 98–454, title III, § 302, Oct. 5, 1984, 98 Stat. 1734.
56101(span)	46 App.:808(f)	Sept. 7, 1916, ch. 451, § 9(f), as added Puspan. L. 104–324, title XI, § 1136(span), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3987; Puspan. L. 108–136, title XXXV, § 3532(a)(1), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1817.
56101(c)	46 App.:808(e)	Sept. 7, 1916, ch. 451, § 9(e), as added Puspan. L. 104–239, § 6, Oct. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 3132; Puspan. L. 108–136, title XXXV, § 3532(a)(2), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1817.
56101(d)	46 App.:808(d)(1).
56101(e)	46 App.:808(d)(2)–(4).

In subsection (a), the text of 46 App. U.S.C. 808a is omitted as unnecessary. In paragraph (1), the words “owned by a citizen of the United States” are omitted as unnecessary because ownership by a citizen is a requirement for documentation. See section 12103 as revised by the bill.

In subsection (c), before paragraph (1), the words “Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, or any contract with the Secretary made under this subtitle or that Act” are substituted for “Notwithstanding subsection (c)(2) of this section, the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 [46 App. U.S.C. 1101 et seq.], or any contract entered into with the Secretary of Transportation under that Act” because the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, is restated principally in this subtitle, but other provisions of that Act are being neither restated nor repealed.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Merchant Marine Act, 1936, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1) and (c), is act June 29, 1936, ch. 858, 49 Stat. 1985, which was classified principally to chapter 27 (§ 1101 et seq.) of the former Appendix to this title. The Act, with the exception of title V, most of title VI, and sections 301, 801, 802, 809(a), and 909 thereof, was repealed and restated, mainly in this subtitle, by Puspan. L. 109–304, §§ 8, 19, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1555, 1710. Title V and sections 301 and 909 of the Act are set out as notes under section 53101 of this title. Those portions of title VI not repealed by Puspan. L. 109–304 and sections 802 and 809(a) of the Act were repealed by Puspan. L. 114–120, title III, § 313(a), Fespan. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 58. Section 801 of the Act was transferred to section 57522 of this title by Puspan. L. 114–120, title III, § 313(c)(1)(A), Fespan. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 58. For complete classification of the Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of sections of the former Appendix to Title 46, see Disposition Table preceding section 101 of this title.

Codification

The text of section 3502(span) of Puspan. L. 116–283, which was formerly set out as a note under this section and was transferred to subsec. (f) of this section by Puspan. L. 118–31, was based on Puspan. L. 116–283, div. C, title XXXV, § 3502(span), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4398; Puspan. L. 118–31, div. C, title XXXV, § 3514(span)(1), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 810.

Amendments

2023—Subsec. (f). Puspan. L. 118–31 transferred section 3502(span) of Puspan. L. 116–283 to this section and redesignated it as subsec. (f). See Codification note above.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Foreign Vessel Charters for Passenger Vessels

Puspan. L. 116–283, div. C, title XXXV, § 3502(span), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4398, as amended by Puspan. L. 118–31, div. C, title XXXV, § 3514(span)(1), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 810, which directed the Maritime Administrator to make publicly available certain requests relating to vessel charters for passenger vessels, was transferred to subsec. (f) of this section by Puspan. L. 118–31, div. C, title XXXV, § 3514(span)(2), (3), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 810.