Passenger vessels making trips between ports of the United States and foreign ports
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/us/usc/t46/s60309
Title
46 — Shipping
Chapter
STVI/CH603
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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A passenger vessel making at least 3 trips per week between a port of the United States and a foreign port is exempt from tonnage taxes and light money.
(Pub. L. 109–304, § 9(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1679.)
Historical and Revision Notes
RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
6030946 App.:124.R.S. § 2792; May 28, 1908, ch. 212, § 1, 35 Stat. 424.
The words “at least 3 trips per week” are substituted for “triweekly or oftener” for clarity. The words “and light money” are added for clarity and consistency. See 19 C.F.R. § 4.21 (2003). The words “while such service triweekly or oftener is maintained” are omitted as unnecessary.
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