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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.
