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§42103 No preference to Government-owned vessels

Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle IV— - Regulation of Ocean Shipping › Part Part B— - Actions To Address Foreign Practices › Chapter CHAPTER 421— - REGULATIONS AFFECTING SHIPPING IN FOREIGN TRADE › § 42103

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Title 46, §42103

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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.

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Revised SectionSource (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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46 U.S.C. § 42103

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