19 U.S.C. § 293 — Documented vessels touching at foreign ports

submitted 56 years ago by Pub. L. 91-271 to r/title-19-CUSTOMS-DUTIES · 61 words · no verdicts yet

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A documented U.S. vessel can carry cargo between U.S. ports even after stopping at foreign ports. During that stop, it can load or unload goods, passengers, luggage, and mail. This applies to vessels with a registry or coastwise endorsement, or both.

This section covers United States documented vessels that hold a "registry" endorsement, a "coastwise" endorsement, or both — special permissions that let a ship engage in certain kinds of trade. Such a vessel may trade between one port in the United States and one or more other ports within the United States. During that voyage, the vessel is allowed to touch at one or more foreign ports along the way. While at a foreign port during the voyage, the vessel may land and take in merchandise, passengers and their baggage, and letters and mail.

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Any United States documented vessel with a registry or coastwise endorsement, or both, may engage in trade between one port in the United States and one or more ports within the same, with the privilege of touching at one or more foreign ports during the voyage, and land and take in thereat merchandise, passengers and their baggage, and letters, and mails.

Source credit: (R.S. § 3126; Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 318, June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 293; Pub. L. 103–182, title VI, § 686(a)(2), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2220; Pub. L. 104–295, § 21(e)(1), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3530.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1970Enacted · Pub. L. 91-271 · 84 Stat. 293
1993Amended · Pub. L. 103-182 · 107 Stat. 2220
1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-295 · 110 Stat. 3530

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 91-271 on 1970-06-02.

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