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[CITE: 42USC9141]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
               CHAPTER 99--OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--MARITIME FINANCING FOR OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION
 
Sec. 9141. Determinations under Merchant Marine Act, 1936

    (a)(1) For the purposes of section 607 of the Merchant Marine Act, 
1936 (46 U.S.C. 1177) [46 App. U.S.C. 1177], any ocean thermal energy 
conversion facility or plantship licensed pursuant to this chapter, and 
any vessel providing shipping service to or from such an ocean thermal 
energy conversion facility or plantship, shall be deemed to be a vessel 
operated in the foreign commerce of the United States.
    (2) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection shall apply 
for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1981.
    (b) For the purposes of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 
1177 et seq.) [46 App. U.S.C. 1101 et seq.], any vessel documented under 
the laws of the United States and used in providing shipping service to 
or from any ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship 
licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to 
be used in, and used in an essential service in, the foreign commerce or 
foreign trade of the United States, as defined in section 905(a) of the 
Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1244(a)) [46 App. U.S.C. 1244(a)].

(Pub. L. 96-320, title II, Sec. 201, Aug. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 991.)

                       References in Text

    The Merchant Marine Act, 1936, referred to in subsec. (b), is act 
June 29, 1936, ch. 858, 49 Stat. 1985, as amended, which is classified 
principally to chapter 27 (Sec. 1101 et seq.) of Title 46, Appendix, 
Shipping. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
section 1245 of Title 46, Appendix, and Tables.
