Title 46, ShippingRelease 119-110
§50110 Securing Preference to Vessels of the United States
Title 46 › Subtitle V — Merchant Marine › Part A — General › CHAPTER 501 — POLICY, STUDIES, AND REPORTS › § 50110
Summary
The Secretary of Transportation must study and keep up-to-date records on ways to have U.S. foreign trade carried on U.S. vessels. The Secretary must work with ship owners to create incentives for importers and exporters and coordinate with government agencies and trade groups to encourage use of U.S. ships.
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Title 46, §50110
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(a)Possibilities of Promoting Carriage.—
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)Inducements to Importers and Exporters.—
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)Liaison With Agencies and Organizations.—
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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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
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110