Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§2353 Shipping on United States Vessels
Title 22 › CHAPTER 32 — FOREIGN ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER III — GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part I — General Provisions › § 2353
Summary
Ocean shipments between countries of goods, defense articles, or fruit bought with foreign‑currency funds under this chapter or Food for Peace are exempt from U.S.-flag vessel laws.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §2353
Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The ocean transportation between foreign countries of commodities and defense articles purchased with foreign currencies made available or derived from funds made available under this chapter or the Food for Peace Act, as amended [7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.], and transfers of fresh fruit and products thereof under this chapter, shall not be governed by the provisions of section 55305 of title 46, or any other law relating to the ocean transportation of commodities on United States flag vessels.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables. The Food for Peace Act, as amended, referred to in text, is act July 10, 1954, ch. 469, 68 Stat. 454, which is classified principally to chapter 41 (§ 1691 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 1691 of Title 7 and Tables. Codification In text, “section 55305 of title 46” substituted for “section 901(b) of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1241)” on authority of Pub. L. 109–304, § 18(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1709, which Act enacted section 55305 of Title 46, Shipping.
Amendments
2008—Pub. L. 110–246 substituted “Food for Peace Act” for “Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2008 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, see section 4(b) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.
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Citation
22 U.S.C. § 2353
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102