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[CITE: 46USC3704]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part B--Inspection and Regulation of Vessels
 
          CHAPTER 37--CARRIAGE OF LIQUID BULK DANGEROUS CARGOES
 
Sec. 3704. Coastwise trade vessels

    A segregated ballast tank, a crude oil washing system, or an inert 
gas system, required by this chapter or a regulation prescribed under 
this chapter, on a vessel entitled to engage in the coastwise trade 
under section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883), 
shall be installed in the United States (except the trust territories). 
A vessel failing to comply with this section may not engage in the 
coastwise trade.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 522.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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3704..............................  46:391a(7)
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    Section 3704 requires any tank vessel that is entitled to engage in 
the coastwise trade to install certain equipment in the United States 
under the penalty of losing coastwise trading privileges if the 
installation work is done in a foreign country.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3709 of this title; section 
1185 of Appendix to this title.
