Title 46 — ShippingRelease 119-73
§50110 Securing preference to vessels of the United States
Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle V— - Merchant Marine › Part Part A— - General › Chapter CHAPTER 501— - POLICY, STUDIES, AND REPORTS › § 50110
Summary
Must promote use of U.S. ships for U.S. foreign trade. The Secretary of Transportation must study and keep records on how to do that, work with shipowners to get importers and exporters to choose U.S. ships, and coordinate with federal agencies and trade groups.
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Title 46, §50110
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(a)The Secretary of Transportation shall investigate, determine, and keep current records of the possibilities of promoting the carriage of United States foreign trade in vessels of the United States.
(b)The Secretary shall study and cooperate with vessel owners in devising means by which the importers and exporters of the United States can be induced to give preference to vessels of the United States.
(c)The Secretary shall establish and maintain liaison with such other agencies of the United States Government, and with such representative trade organizations throughout the United States, as may be concerned, directly or indirectly, with any movement of commodities in the waterborne export and import foreign commerce of the United States, for the purpose of securing preference to vessels of the United States in the shipment of those commodities.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 50110(a)46 App.:1121(j) (words between 1st and 2d semicolons).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, § 211(j) (words between 1st and 2d semicolons), 49 Stat. 1989; Pub. L. 91–469, §§ 4(2), 35(a), Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1018, 1035; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(67), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 159. 50110(b)46 App.:1122(b)(1).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, § 212(b)(1), (d), 49 Stat. 1990; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(69), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 159; Pub. L. 98–237, § 20(c), Mar. 20, 1984, 98 Stat. 90. 50110(c)46 App.:1122(d).
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46 U.S.C. § 50110
Title 46 — Shipping
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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