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§14512 Standard Tonnage Measurement
Title 46 › Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part J — Measurement of Vessels › CHAPTER 145 — REGULATORY MEASUREMENT › SUBCHAPTER II — FORMAL SYSTEMS › § 14512
Summary
Secretary must set rules for measuring a vessel’s gross and net tonnage so they match what sections 4151 and 4153 allowed before this law, and may add to a U.S. vessel’s register, at the owner’s or master’s request, an appendix listing spaces other countries deduct but the United States does not.
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Title 46, §14512
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(a)The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for measuring the gross and net tonnages of a vessel under this subchapter. The regulations shall provide for tonnages comparable to the tonnages that could have been assigned under section 4151 and 4153 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as section 4151 and 4153 existed immediately before the enactment of this section.
(b)On application of the owner or master of a vessel of the United States used in foreign trade, the Secretary may attach an appendix to the vessel’s register stating the measurement of spaces that may be deducted from gross tonnage under laws and regulations of other countries but not under those of the United States.
Legislative History
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised section 14512 Source: Section (U.S. Code) 46 App. U.S.C. 75, 77. section 14512(a) requires the Secretary to prescribe
Regulations
for regulatory measurement systems. It further provides that the
Regulations
must allow for the determination of tonnages similar to those that could have been found under the existing law (46 App. U.S.C. 75 & 77). section 14512(b) authorizes the Secretary to attach an appendix to a vessel’s register stating the measurement of spaces that may be deducted from the gross tonnage under laws and
Regulations
of other countries but not under the laws of the United States.
Editorial Notes
References in Text
section 4151 and 4153 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in subsec. (a), were classified to section 75 and 77, respectively, of the former Appendix to this title and were repealed by Pub. L. 99–509, title V, § 5104(b), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1928.
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46 U.S.C. § 14512
Title 46, Shipping
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102