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[CITE: 46USC14512]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                     Part J--Measurement of Vessels
 
                   CHAPTER 145--REGULATORY MEASUREMENT
 
                      SUBCHAPTER II--FORMAL SYSTEMS
 
Sec. 14512. Standard tonnage measurement

    (a) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for measuring the 
gross and net tonnages of a vessel under this subchapter. The 
regulations shall provide for tonnages comparable to the tonnages that 
could have been assigned under sections 4151 and 4153 of the Revised 
Statutes of the United States, as sections 4151 and 4153 existed 
immediately before the enactment of this section.
    (b) On application of the owner or master of a vessel of the United 
States used in foreign trade, the Secretary may attach an appendix to 
the vessel's register stating the measurement of spaces that may be 
deducted from gross tonnage under laws and regulations of other 
countries but not under those of the United States.

(Added Pub. L. 99-509, title V, Sec. 5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1924.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section 14512
    Source: Section (U.S. Code) 46 App. U.S.C. 75, 77.
    Section 14512(a) requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations for 
regulatory measurement systems. It further provides that the regulations 
must allow for the determination of tonnages similar to those that could 
have been found under the existing law (46 App. U.S.C. 75 & 77).
    Section 14512(b) authorizes the Secretary to attach an appendix to a 
vessel's register stating the measurement of spaces that may be deducted 
from the gross tonnage under laws and regulations of other countries but 
not under the laws of the United States.

                       References in Text

    Sections 4151 and 4153 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in 
subsec. (a), were classified to sections 75 and 77 of the Appendix to 
this title and were repealed by section 5104(b) of Pub. L. 99-509.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 14513 of this title.
