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[CITE: 46USC14101]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                     Part J--Measurement of Vessels
 
                          CHAPTER 141--GENERAL
 
Sec. 14101. Definitions

    In this part--
        (1) ``Convention'' means the International Convention on Tonnage 
    Measurement of Ships, 1969.
        (2) ``existing vessel'' means a vessel the keel of which was 
    laid or that was at a similar stage of construction before July 18, 
    1982.
        (3) ``Great Lakes'' means--
            (A) the Great Lakes; and
            (B) the St. Lawrence River west of--
                (i) a rhumb line drawn from Cap des Rosiers to West 
            Point, Anticosti Island; and
                (ii) on the north side of Anticosti Island, the meridian 
            of longitude 63 degrees west.

        (4) ``vessel engaged on a foreign voyage'' means a vessel--
            (A) arriving at a place under the jurisdiction of the United 
        States from a place in a foreign country;
            (B) making a voyage between places outside the United States 
        (except a foreign vessel engaged on that voyage);
            (C) departing from a place under the jurisdiction of the 
        United States for a place in a foreign country; or
            (D) making a voyage between a place within a territory or 
        possession of the United States and another place under the 
        jurisdiction of the United States not within that territory or 
        possession.

(Added Pub. L. 99-509, title V, Sec. 5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1919.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section 14101
    Source: International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships.
    Section 14101 contains definitions that are limited to Part J--
Measurement of Vessels. The source of these definitions is the 
International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships in articles 2 
and 4.
