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§53514 Relationship of old fund to new fund

Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle V— - Merchant Marine › Part Part C— - Financial Assistance Programs › Chapter CHAPTER 535— - CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FUNDS › § 53514

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

People with a capital construction fund started before October 21, 1970 can keep that old fund, but they can't keep money in it past the original agreement's end date (ignoring any extension made after April 14, 1970), and they can't operate the old fund at the same time as a new fund under this chapter. If they create a new fund, they may move some or all items from the old fund into the proper new accounts as tax-free transfers. For deposit-date rules, the transfer counts as made on July 1, 1971 or on the date it was put in the old fund, whichever is later.

Full Legal Text

Title 46, §53514

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(a)In this section, the term “old fund” means a capital construction fund maintained before October 21, 1970.
(b)A person maintaining an old fund may elect to continue the old fund, but may not—
(1)hold amounts in the old fund beyond the expiration date provided in the agreement under which the old fund is maintained (determined without regard to an extension or renewal made after April 14, 1970); or
(2)maintain simultaneously the old fund and a new fund established under this chapter.
(c)If a person makes an agreement under this chapter to establish a new fund, the person may agree to extend the agreement to some or all of the amounts in an old fund. Each item in the old fund to be transferred shall be transferred in a nontaxable transaction to the appropriate account in the new fund. For purposes of section 53511(c)(3) of this title, the date of the deposit of an item so transferred shall be July 1, 1971, or the date of the deposit in the old fund, whichever is later.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5351446 App.:1177(j).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title VI, § 607(j), 49 Stat. 2005; June 23, 1938, ch. 600, §§ 23–28, 52 Stat. 960; Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 417, § 10, 53 Stat. 1185; July 17, 1952, ch. 939, §§ 17–19, 66 Stat. 764; Pub. L. 85–637, Aug. 14, 1958, 72 Stat. 216; Pub. L. 86–518, § 1, June 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 216; Pub. L. 87–45, § 6, May 27, 1961, 75 Stat. 91; Pub. L. 87–271, Sept. 21, 1961, 75 Stat. 570; restated Pub. L. 91–469, § 21(a), Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1031.

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Citation

46 U.S.C. § 53514

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Apr 6, 2026

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