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46 U.S.C. § 42103

U.S. CodeFederalPositive Law
No preference to Government-owned vessels
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Title
46 — Shipping
Chapter
STIV/PTB/CH421
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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A regulation may not give a vessel owned by the United States Government a preference over a vessel owned by citizens of the United States and documented under the laws of the United States. (Pub. L. 109–304, § 7, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1549.) Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4210346 App.:876(d).June 5, 1920, ch. 250, § 19(d), 41 Stat. 995; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 12, eff. June 10, 1933; June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, § 204, title IX, § 904, 49 Stat. 1987, 2016; Pub. L. 105–258, title III, § 301, Oct. 14, 1998, 112 Stat. 1915.

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