Prohibition on overhaul, repair, and maintenance of Coast Guard vessels in foreign shipyards
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/us/usc/t14/s1153
Title
14 — Coast Guard
Chapter
STI/CH11
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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A Coast Guard vessel the home port of which is in the United States or Guam may not be overhauled, repaired, or maintained in a shipyard outside the United States or Guam, other than in the case of voyage repairs.
(Added Pub. L. 104–324, title III, § 311(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3920, § 96; amended Pub. L. 111–281, title II, § 218, Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2918; renumbered § 1153, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 108(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4208.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 96 of this title as this section.
2010—Pub. L. 111–281 substituted “in the United States or Guam” for “in a State of the United States” and inserted “or Guam” after “outside the United States”.
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