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[CITE: 46USC10301]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part G--Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
 
              CHAPTER 103--FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
 
Sec. 10301. Application

    (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided, this chapter applies 
to a vessel of the United States--
        (1) on a voyage between a port in the United States and a port 
    in a foreign country (except a port in Canada, Mexico, or the West 
    Indies); or
        (2) of at least 75 gross tons as measured under section 14502 of 
    this title, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of 
    this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of 
    this title on a voyage between a port of the United States on the 
    Atlantic Ocean and a port of the United States on the Pacific Ocean.

    (b) This chapter does not apply to a vessel on which the seamen are 
entitled by custom or agreement to share in the profit or result of a 
voyage.
    (c) Unless otherwise provided, this chapter does not apply to a 
foreign vessel.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 561; Pub. L. 104-324, title VII, 
Sec. 737, Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3941.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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10301.............................  46:564
                                    46:566
                                    46:574
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    Section 10301 specifies that vessels on foreign and intercoastal 
voyages (except for fishing vessels and foreign vessels) are subject to 
the seamen protection and relief provisions contained in chapter 103.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 104-324 inserted ``as measured under 
section 14502 of this title, or an alternate tonnage measured under 
section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 
14104 of this title'' after ``75 gross tons''.
