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[CITE: 46USC14104]

TITLE 46--SHIPPING
Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
Part J--Measurement of Vessels
CHAPTER 141--GENERAL
Sec. 14104. Measurement to determine application of a law
(a) When the application of a law of the United States to a vessel
depends on the vessel's tonnage, the vessel shall be measured under this
part.
(b) If a statute allows for an alternate tonnage to be prescribed
under this section, the Secretary may prescribe it by regulation. Any
such regulation shall be considered to be an interpretive regulation for
purposes of section 553 of title 5. Until an alternate tonnage is
prescribed, the statutorily established tonnage shall apply to vessels
measured under chapter 143 or chapter 145 of this title.
(c) The head of each Federal agency shall ensure that regulations
issued by the agency that specify particular tonnages comply with the
alternate tonnages implemented by the Secretary.
(Added Pub. L. 99-509, title V, Sec. 5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat.
1920; amended Pub. L. 104-324, title VII, Sec. 702, Oct. 19, 1996, 110
Stat. 3933.)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised section 14104
Source: Section (U.S. Code) 46 App. U.S.C. 71.
Section 14104 requires that a vessel be measured under Part J of
this subtitle when the application of a U.S. law to the vessel depends
on its tonnage.

Amendments
1996--Pub. L. 104-324 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)
and added subsecs. (b) and (c).
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 2101, 2113, 3302, 3306,
3318, 3702, 3703a, 3707, 3708, 4701, 5102, 7101, 7308, 7310, 7312, 7313,
8101, 8102, 8103, 8104, 8301, 8304, 8701, 8702, 8901, 9303, 10101,
10301, 10501, 10601, 11101, 11102, 11301, 12106, 12108 of this title;
sections 883-1, 883a, 1295a of Appendix to this title; title 33 sections
903, 1203, 1223.

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