46 USC App 1123: Obsolete tonnage; tramp service
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46 USC App 1123: Obsolete tonnage; tramp service Text contains those laws in effect on January 23, 2000
From Title 46-AppendixCHAPTER 27-MERCHANT MARINE ACT, 1936SUBCHAPTER II-CREATION AND FUNCTIONS OF MARITIME AGENCIES
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§1123. Obsolete tonnage; tramp service

The Secretary of Transportation shall make studies of and make reports to Congress on the following:

(1) The scrapping or removal from service of old or obsolete merchant tonnage owned by the United States or in use in the merchant marine.

(2) Tramp shipping service and the advisability of citizens of the United States participating in such service with vessels under United States registry.

(June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, §213, 49 Stat. 1991 ; Pub. L. 87–877, §2(c), (d), Oct. 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 1201 ; Pub. L. 94–273, §27, Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 380 ; Pub. L. 97–31, §12(71), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 159 ; Pub. L. 105–85, div. C, title XXXVI, §3602, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 2075 .)

Amendments

1997-Pub. L. 105–85 substituted "on the following:" for "on-" in introductory provisions, redesignated subsecs. (a) and (b) as pars. (1) and (2), respectively, and realigned margins, substituted period for semicolon at end of par. (1), directed substitution of period for semicolon at end of par. (2) which could not be executed because par. (2) already contained period at end, and struck out subsec. (c) which read as follows: "The relative cost of construction or reconditioning of comparable ocean vessels in shipyards in the various coastal districts of the United States, together with recommendations as to how such shipyards may compete for work on an equalized basis; reports under this paragraph shall be made annually on the first day of October of each year."

1981-Pub. L. 97–31 substituted in provision preceding subsec. (a) "Secretary of Transportation" for "Commission". For prior transfers of functions of the Commission, meaning the United States Maritime Commission, see Transfer of Functions note below.

1976-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94–273 substituted "October" for "July".

1962-Pub. L. 87–877 substituted "reports to Congress" for "a report to Congress as soon as practicable on", in text preceding subsec. (a), and inserted "; reports under this paragraph shall be made annually on the first day of July of each year" in subsec. (c).

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions of United States Maritime Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 6 of 1949 and Reorg. Plan No. 21 of 1950, set out under section 1111 of this Appendix.