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[CITE: 46USC14306]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                     Part J--Measurement of Vessels
 
                   CHAPTER 143--CONVENTION MEASUREMENT
 
Sec. 14306. Reciprocity for foreign vessels

    (a) When the Secretary finds that the laws and regulations of a 
foreign country related to measurement of vessels are similar to those 
of this chapter and the regulations prescribed under this chapter, or 
when a foreign country is a party to the Convention, the Secretary shall 
accept the measurement and certificate of a vessel of that foreign 
country as complying with this chapter and the regulations prescribed 
under this chapter.
    (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a vessel of a 
foreign country that does not recognize measurements under this chapter. 
The Secretary may apply measurement standards the Secretary considers 
appropriate to the vessel, subject to applicable international 
agreements to which the United States Government is a party.

(Added Pub. L. 99-509, title V, Sec. 5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1922.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section 14306
    Source: International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships. 
Section (U.S. Code) 46 App. U.S.C. 81.
    Section 14306(a) requires that the Secretary accept the measurement 
and certificate of a vessel of a foreign country as evidence of 
compliance with this chapter when the Secretary finds that the laws and 
regulations of that foreign country that are related to measurement are 
similar to those of this chapter, or that that country is a party to the 
Convention.
    Section 14306(b) provides that the Secretary does not have to accept 
the measurement and certificate of a vessel of a country that does not 
recognize United States measurements. It also authorizes the Secretary 
to apply appropriate measurement standards to such foreign vessels, 
subject to international agreements to which the United States is a 
party.
