
From the U.S. Code Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 23, 2000 and December 4, 2001]
[CITE: 46USC14302]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                     Part J--Measurement of Vessels
 
                   CHAPTER 143--CONVENTION MEASUREMENT
 
Sec. 14302. Measurement

    (a) The Secretary shall measure a vessel to which this chapter 
applies in the way provided by this chapter and the Convention.
    (b) Except as provided in section 1602(a) of the Panama Canal Act of 
1979 (22 U.S.C. 3792(a)), a vessel measured under this chapter may not 
be required to be measured under another law.
    (c) Unless otherwise provided by law, the measurement of a vessel 
under this chapter applies to a law of the United States whose 
applicability depends on a vessel's tonnage, if that law--
        (1) becomes effective after July 18, 1994; or
        (2) is in effect before July 19, 1994, is not enumerated in 
    section 14305 of this title, and is identified by the Secretary by 
    regulation as a law to which this chapter applies.

(Added Pub. L. 99-509, title V, Sec. 5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1921.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section 14302
    Source: International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships.
    Section 14302(a) requires the Secretary to measure a vessel to which 
this chapter applies, in the way provided by this chapter and by the 
Convention. Section 14302(b) provides that a vessel that is required to 
be measured under this chapter can not also be required to be measured 
under another law. The exception allows the Panama Canal Commission to 
continue to use the Canal measurement system for calculation of tolls. 
Section 14302(c) provides that the applicability of tonnage-based laws 
that become effective after July 18, 1994, will be based on Convention 
tonnage measurements. The applicability of tonnage-based laws in effect 
before July 19, 1994, which are listed by the Secretary, will also be 
based on Convention tonnage. Therefore, the laws that will be based on 
regulatory tonnage are those not listed by the Secretary by regulation 
and those listed in section 14305 of this legislation.

                  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, 
7506, 8101, 8102, 8103, 8104, 8301, 8304, 8701, 8702, 8901, 9303, 10101, 
10301, 10501, 10601, 11101, 11102, 11301, 12106, 12108, 14305 of this 
title; sections 883-1, 883a, 1295a of Appendix to this title; title 33 
sections 903, 1203, 1223.
