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46 U.S.C. 53303: Persons eligible to establish fundsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 46-SHIPPINGCHAPTER 533-CONSTRUCTION RESERVE FUNDS

§53303. Persons eligible to establish funds

A construction reserve fund may be established by a citizen of the United States that⁠—

(1)  is operating a vessel in the foreign or domestic commerce of the United States or in the fisheries;

(2)  owns, in whole or in part, a vessel being operated in the foreign or domestic commerce of the United States or in the fisheries;

(3)  was operating a vessel in the foreign or domestic commerce of the United States or in the fisheries when it was bought or requisitioned by the United States Government;

(4)  owned, in whole or in part, a vessel being operated in the foreign or domestic commerce of the United States or in the fisheries when it was bought or requisitioned by the Government; or

(5)  had acquired or was having constructed a vessel to operate in the foreign or domestic commerce of the United States or in the fisheries when it was bought or requisitioned by the Government.

( Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c) , Oct. 6, 2006 , 120 Stat. 1587 .)

Historical and Revision Notes

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53303

46 App.:1161(b) (1st sentence words between 6th and 10th commas).

June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title V, § 511(b) (1st sentence words between 6th and 10th commas), as added Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 849, 54 Stat. 1106; June 17, 1943, ch. 130, subdiv. (a), 57 Stat. 157; July 17, 1952, ch. 939, § 9, 66 Stat. 762.