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[CITE: 46USC14513]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                     Part J--Measurement of Vessels
 
                   CHAPTER 145--REGULATORY MEASUREMENT
 
                      SUBCHAPTER II--FORMAL SYSTEMS
 
Sec. 14513. Dual tonnage measurement

    (a) On application by the owner and approval by the Secretary, the 
tonnage of spaces prescribed by the Secretary may be excluded in 
measuring under this section the gross tonnage of a vessel measured 
under section 14512 of this title. The spaces prescribed by the 
Secretary shall be comparable to the spaces that could have been 
excluded under section 2 of the Act of September 29, 1965 (Public Law 
89-219, 79 Stat. 891), as section 2 existed immediately before the 
enactment of this section.
    (b) The Secretary shall prescribe the design, location, and 
dimensions of the tonnage mark to be placed on a vessel measured under 
this section.
    (c)(1) If a vessel's tonnage mark is below the uppermost part of the 
load line marks, each certificate stating the vessel's tonnages shall 
state the gross and net tonnages when the mark is submerged and when it 
is not submerged.
    (2) Except as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection, a 
certificate stating a vessel's tonnages may state only one set of gross 
and net tonnages.

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


                      Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section 14513
    Source: Section (U.S. Code) 46 App. U.S.C. 83 to 83g.
    Section 14513 gives discretionary authority to the Secretary to 
exclude certain spaces in measuring the regulatory tonnage of a vessel, 
and requires the Secretary to prescribe the design, location and 
dimensions of the tonnage mark to be placed on the vessel. Section 14513 
further provides that if spaces are excluded by the Secretary, they 
shall be comparable to those the Secretary could have excluded in 
existing law (46 App. U.S.C. 83a). Section 14513(c) provides that if a 
vessel's tonnage mark is below the uppermost part of the load line mark, 
each certificate that states the vessel's tonnages must state the gross 
and net tonnages when the mark is submerged and when it is not 
submerged.

                       References in Text

    Section 2 of the Act of September 29, 1965, referred to in subsec. 
(a), was classified to section 83a of the Appendix to this title and was 
repealed by section 5104(b) of Pub. L. 99-509.
